
Here’s our latest round-up of events taking place from Friday, February 2 to Thursday, February 8 across the borough.
Friday, February 16
Friday Quiz Night – Burnt Stump Inn, 8.00pm

February Half Term Activities – Dice & Balls, Arnold
Friday 16 February 10:30am – Cayt Hewitt will be running a Doll’s House Workshop
Friday 16 February 5pm to 7pm – Teen’s Games Night

Niteshift – Top Spot, Carlton

Colwick Theatre Club presents The Little Mermaid – Colwick Community Centre
February 15, 16 & 17

Amanda Jayne – The Nags Head, Carlton

The Boys in the Boat (12A) – Bonington Cinema, Arnold
Fri 16 – Thu 22 Feb, Various Times £6.80pp £5.00pp on Tuesdays
The Boys in the Boat is a sports drama based on the #1 New York Times bestselling non-fiction book written by Daniel James Brown. The film, directed by George Clooney, is about the 1936 University of Washington rowing team that competed for gold at the Summer Olympics in Berlin. This inspirational true story follows a group of underdogs at the height of the Great Depression as they are thrust into the spotlight and take on elite rivals from around the world.
Directed by George Clooney
With Joel Edgerton, Callum Turner
2hrs 4 mins // US 2023
*Please note, our car park will be closed on Monday 19 February from 8pm. This will affect customers parking for the 7.30pm screening of The Boys in the Boat. Please be aware that the car park will be closing at 8pm that night, so customers are advised to use alternative parking.

The Holdovers (15) – Bonington Cinema, Arnold
Fri 16 – Wed 21 Feb, Various Times £6.80pp £5.00pp on Tuesdays
From acclaimed director Alexander Payne, The Holdovers follows a curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti) at a New England prep school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy troublemaker (newcomer Dominic Sessa) — and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam (Da’Vine Joy Randolph).
“Hilarious and heartfelt, it’s a tale to be treasured” Empire ★★★★★
Guardian ★★★★ Times ★★★★ Telegraph ★★★★
Nominated for 5 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Actor (Paul Giamatti) and Best Supporting Actress (Da’Vine Joy Randolph)
Directed by Alexander Payne
With Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, Da’Vine Joy Randolph
2hrs 10 mins // US 2023

Country Live Music – Calverton Working Men’s Club

Tom Roxx – The Major Oak, Arnold

Saturday, February 17
Jamie Jay – Arnold Liberal Club

Josh Kemp – Admiral Rodney, Calverton

The SKAs – The Gleaners, Calverton, 9.00pm

LISA J – Inn for a Penny, Carlton

Matt Barker – Top Spot, Carlton

Films of Hong Kong: Fat Choi Spirit (15) + Mahjong – Bonington Cinema, Arnold
Sat 17 Feb, 2:30pm £5.00pp
Fat Choi Spirit follows the adventures of a compulsive Mahjong player named Andy and his aging mother, estranged brother, loyal ex-girlfriend and a local gang.
<嚦咕嚦咕新年財>講述以打麻雀為生嘅德華同佢家人嘅經歷,包括僧狠麻雀嘅細佬,死纏難打嘅前女友,同埋患有阿兹海默症嘅媽媽。
Directed by Johnny To, Wai Ka-fai
*In Cantonese with English subtitles
96 mins | 2002

UK Chicago Blues – Calverton Working Men’s Club

Sunday, February 18
Artists Makers & Fine Foods Market – Patchings Art Centre, Calverton

Aron Fender – Top Spot, Carlton

Sunday Quiz Night – Larch Farm, Ravenshead, 9.00pm
Wednesday & Sunday evenings

Monday, February 19
Monday Quiz Night – The Arrow, Arnold, 7.30pm

The End We Start From (15) – Bonington Cinema, Arnold
Mon 19 – Tue 20 Feb, 4:30pm £6.80pp £5.00pp on Tuesdays
When an environmental crisis sees London submerged by flood waters, a young family is torn apart in the chaos. As a woman (Jodie Comer) and her newborn try and find their way home, the profound novelty of motherhood is brought into sharp focus in this intimate and poetic portrayal of family survival.
“Jodie Comer shines in all too believable disaster drama” Guardian ★★★★
Times ★★★★ Telegraph ★★★★
Directed by Mahalia Belo
With Jodie Comer
1hr 41 mins // UK 2023

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 – The Bread & Bitter, Mapperley

Monday Quiz Night – Four Bells, Woodborough, 7.30pm

Tuesday, February 20
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, February 21
Wednesday Quiz Night – The Nags Head, Carlton, 8.30pm

Wednesday Quiz Night – Robin Hood & Little John, Arnold, 8.30pm

Thursday, February 22
Boogie Night Thursdays – The Longbow, Arnold, 6.00pm – 9.30pm
Creating a safe and fun environment for adults with learning difficulties to socialise and dance the night away.

Thursday Quiz Night – The Gleaners, Calverton, 8.30pm

Phoebe – Top Spot

Quiz Night – Sashas Bar, Arnold
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Live & Local: Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman – Bonington, Arnold
Thu 22 Feb, 7:30pm £12.00pp
One of the UK’s favourite folk duos, husband and wife Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman understand the importance of coming together as they live in a small village themselves. They bring a variety of songs and stories, based in tradition, presented in an intimate, friendly style. With a simple setup of guitar, piano and vocals they present an evening of pure emotion, shared experience and sheer joy in what they do.
They have entwined their professional and personal relationship over two decades, delivering assured, distinctive performances that are always bold and innovative, mixing traditional song arrangements with their self-penned material which ranges from bitter to sweet, wry to sad, political to passive.
Presented by Live & Local

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
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