Here’s our latest round-up of latest events taking place from Friday December 8 to Thursday December 14 across the borough.
Friday, December 8
Christmas Market – Richard Bonnington Primary School, 3.30pm – 6.30pm
Colwick Christmas – St.John The Baptist Church, Colwick, 5.00pm
Elvis – Sashas Bar, Arnold
Twilight Market – Patching’s Art Centre, Calverton, 4.30pm – 8.30pm
Connor O’Neill – The Ram Inn, Redhill / Arnold
Robert Perry – The Nag’s Head, Carlton
Friday Quiz Night – Burnt Stump Inn, 8.00pm
The quiz is a Web based quiz so a phone tablet or laptop will be needed – don’t worry if not 100% with technology it’s really easy and our team are on hand to support if needed
Christmas Karaoke – The Willowbrook, Gedling, 8.00pm
Nicola T – Top Spot, Carlton
Saturday, December 9
Burton Joyce Community Festive Market – Burton Joyce Village Hall, 10.00am – 2.00pm
Family Christmas Concert – All Hallows Church, Gedling, 2.00pm – 4.30pm
Friz Frizzle and Late Night Comedy club – Netherfield, 7.00pm – 10.30pm
Tickets £8 each
Santa’s Grotto – Arnold Library, 10.00 – 2.00pm
Jay Harrison – Arnold Liberal Club
Andy Whittle – Four Bells, Woodborough, 7.30pm
Marlow & Smith – The Ram Inn, Redhill / Arnold
The Retro Brothers – Top Spot, Carlton
Sista Soul – Calverton Working Men’s Club, Calverton
Sunday, December 10
Darren Anthony – The Brick Yard, Carlton, 4.00pm
James Snow – Top Spot, Carlton
Sunday Quiz Night – Larch Farm, Ravenshead
Sunday & Wednesday evenings
EVENT CINEMA: CBeebies Panto: Robin Hood (U) – Bonington Cinema, 10:30am
£8pp
The CBeebies Panto is coming back in cinemas for yet another Christmassy adventure, this time with Robin Hood at the helm!
As always, the show will feature many of CBeebies’ most popular actors and presenters. Full of catchy songs, dancing, and pantomime fun, it promises to be the must-see Christmas event for pre-schoolers and their families.
60 mins
Artists Makers & Fine Foods Market – Woodborough Village Hall, 10.00am – 3.00pm
Sunday Quiz Night – Old Volunteer, Carlton
Monday, December 11
Monday Quiz Night – The Arrow, Arnold, 7.30pm
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.
Catch-up Screenings: The Great Escaper (12A) – Bonington Cinema
Mon 11 – Thu 14 Dec Various Times
In the summer of 2014, Bernard Jordan (Michael Caine) made global headlines. He had staged a “great escape” from his care home to join fellow war veterans on a beach in Normandy, commemorating their fallen comrades at the D-Day Landings 70th anniversary. It was a story that captured the imagination of the world as Bernie embodied the defiant, “can-do” spirit of a generation that was fast disappearing. But of course, it wasn’t the whole story.
It was an inspirational but sanitised retelling of one man’s need to come to terms with the lasting trauma of war. Bernie’s adventure, spanning a mere 48 hours, also marked the culmination of his 60-year marriage to Rene (Glenda Jackson) – The Great Escaper celebrates their enduring love but always with an eye to the lessons we might learn from the Greatest Generation.
“Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson exude ineffable class” Guardian ★★★★
Total Film ★★★★ Metro ★★★★ Mirror ★★★★
Directed by Oliver Parker
With Michael Caine, Genda Jackson
1hr 36 mins // UK 2023
Monday Quiz Night – The Bread & Bitter, Mapperley
Nottingham Organ Society- Elizabeth Harrison – Bonington Theatre, 7.30pm
£8pp
The top organ players from across the country play at The Bonington Theatre on the first Monday of each month!
Monday Quiz Night – Four Bells, Woodborough, 7.30pm
Tuesday, December 12
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
EVENT CINEMA: ROH Live: The Nutcracker (U) – The Bonington Cinema, 7.15pm
£15pp
Join Clara at a delightful Christmas Eve party that becomes a magical adventure once everyone else is tucked up in bed. Marvel at the brilliance of Tchaikovsky’s score, as Clara and her enchanted Nutcracker fight the Mouse King and visit the Sugar Plum Fairy in the glittering Kingdom of Sweets. Peter Wright’s much–loved production for The Royal Ballet, with gorgeous period designs by Julia Trevelyan Oman, keeps true to the spirit of this festive ballet classic, combining the thrill of the fairy tale with spectacular dancing.
BALLET
Music – Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Production and choreography – Peter Wright after Lev Ivanov
Bike Night – The Gleaners, Calverton
Seaside Special (12A) – The Bonington Cinema
Tue 12 – Wed 13 Dec 4:30pm
A love letter to Britain from our friends in Europe, Jens Meurer’s funny, bittersweet and loving Seaside Special visits the town of Cromer, Norfolk as it prepares for its annual end-of-pier variety show during the summer of 2019.
With the show due to be performed twice a day for three months, we meet the performers, the team pulling it together, and the townsfolk who will flock to each show day after day. In the background Brexit is hitting its stride, and as we see the talent and the passion driving the show, we also witness a microcosm of a Britain in flux.
All shot beautifully on 16mm film, Seaside Special is affectionate and funny filmmaking reflecting the eccentricities of classic English entertainment while the country sets out to leave its European neighbours.
“Vivid and richly affectionate” Guardian ★★★★
Seaside Special: German film captures British traditions at time of Brexit – BBC News
Read what our Film Programmer Jeremy had to say here…
“A humorous, melancholic time-capsule of a rather unique moment in time — the dying days of the UK’s decades old relationship with Europe. Yet there’s little anger or divisiveness here. For want of a better term, it’s keep calm and carry on. ” Filmhounds ★★★★
Directed by Jens Meurer
1hr 33 mins // GER 2023
Wednesday, December 13
Winter Wednesdays with Steve McGill – The Gedling Inn, 8.00pm
Wednesday Quiz Night – Larch Farm, Ravenshead
Wednesday & Sunday evenings
Wednesday Quiz Night – Robin Hood & Little John, Arnold, 8.30pm
Thursday, December 14
Christmas Party – Core Centre, Calverton, 12.00pm – 4.00pm
Thursday Quiz Night – The Gleaners, Calverton, 8.30pm
70s Themed Thursday disco – Top Spot Club, Carlton, 8.00pm
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 – Copper Mapperley, 7.00pm
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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