250 Drones Over the Forest for Bonfire Night, a Wine Bottle Painted With Fizz in Hand, Plus Ten Days of Stand-Up!

WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS WEEK

🚁 - Drone Show: Nottingham City of Legends - 250 Drones Light Up the Forest Recreation Ground on Bonfire Night!
📍 - Forest Recreation Ground
📅 - Thu 5th Nov
⏰ - Shows 6:30pm and 9:00pm
🎟️ - £10 adults / £5 children
📷 - @mynottingham

Nottingham City Council is sending 250 drones into the sky above the Forest Recreation Ground on Bonfire Night for a 20-minute light show called City of Legends. It runs twice, at 6:30pm and 9:00pm, so you can take the kids to the early one or go to the late one without them.

Wrap up warm, because November does not care how many drones are up there.

THE WEEKLY PLANNER

MONDAY

Art Exhibition by Jake Sexton (to Mon 30th Nov) - Attenborough Nature Reserve - 9:00am | More Info

Why Nuclear Power Destroys Lives - Five Leaves Bookshop
7:00pm | More Info

David Eagle's Winging It - The Canalhouse
8:30pm | More Info

The Big Quiz - Malt Cross
7:30pm | More Info

TUESDAY

Mean Girls (to Sat 7th Nov) - Royal Concert Hall
7:30pm | More Info

High Society (to Sat 7th Nov) - Theatre Royal
7:30pm | More Info

Quilla Constance: Artist Talk and Tour - New Art Exchange
1:30pm | More Info

Winter Squirrels Paint Night - The Alchemist
7:00pm | More Info

Milo Edwards: Catamaran - The Canalhouse
7:00pm | More Info

Wellbeing Walk - Attenborough Nature Reserve
10:30am | More Info

WEDNESDAY

Comic Strip Presents: Screening and Q&A - Broadway Cinema
6:30pm | More Info

THURSDAY

Bonfire Night - Bennerley Viaduct Visitor Centre
5:00pm | More Info

The Syrian Kitchen - New Art Exchange
5:00pm | More Info

Rob Kemp: Beatlesjuice - The Canalhouse
8:00pm | More Info

Seann Walsh: This is Torture - Nottingham Arts Theatre
8:00pm | More Info

Beer Tasting: Pub Snack Pairing - The Barrel Drop
6:30pm | More Info

FRIDAY

Bonfire Night with the Tipsy Trail - Vantom Village, Calverton
6:00pm | More Info

An Evening of Mediumship with Jemma Brookes - Hucknall
7:30pm | More Info

Lustre (to Sun 8th Nov) - Lakeside Arts
6:00pm | More Info

The Rock & Roll Magic Show - Nottingham Arts Theatre
7:30pm | More Info

Adventurers Stay and Play - Attenborough Nature Reserve
9:30am | More Info

SATURDAY

Fireworks Extravaganza - Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre, Ruddington
7:30pm | More Info

Light Up the Night - Walesby Forest
6:00pm | More Info

Saturday Art Club - New Art Exchange
10:30am | More Info

It's A Trap! The Improvised Star Wars Show - Malt Cross
7:30pm | More Info

Decades Disco - St Jude's Church, Mapperley
1:30pm | More Info

Uncanny Knowledge (to Sun 8th Nov) - Nottingham Contemporary
11:00am | More Info

Drawing for Beginners - Woodthorpe
10:00am | More Info

SUNDAY

Midcentury Home Market - The Nest
11:00am | More Info

Zoe Cousin: Paul Sykes is Back - Fishergate Point Studios
6:30pm | More Info

Jarman Award Touring Programme - Nottingham Contemporary
6:00pm | More Info

SCRUMPTIOUS SCOOP

🍳 - Vaso - French Toast, a Mushroom Hash and a Mackerel Pâté Landed in the Middle of Hockley!
📍 - 21 Carlton Street, Hockley
⏰ - Brunch served 10:00am-3:00pm daily
⏰ - Mon & Sun: 10:00am-4:00pm
⏰ - Tue-Sat: 10:00am-late (tapas from 5:00pm)
📷 - @vasonotts

Vaso moved from Pelham Street into the old Hockley Kitchen and added a brunch menu to its tapas and wine. The French toast comes loaded, the mushroom hash is a vegetarian fry-up that still fills you up, and the mackerel pâté is seaside food landed in the middle of the city.

Walk-in only, 36 outdoor seats, and a wine list built by people who know their wine. Turn up hungry, leave full, come back next week.

ACTIVITY ALLEY

🎨 - Paint n Sip, Wine Bottle Edition - Paint Your Own Bottle With a Glass of Fizz in Hand!
📍 - Binks Yard
📅 - Tue 3rd Nov
⏰ - 7:00pm-9:30pm
🎟️ - £39pp
📷 - @binksyard

Binks Yard hands you a glass of fizz, a blank wine bottle and a step-by-step guide to turning it into something you will want on a shelf when it is done. A tutor talks you through the whole thing, and snacks for the table are included.

No art skills required, and the worse yours are, the better the story when you tell people you made it yourself.

HOUSE OF THE WEEK

🏡 - A Former Schoolhouse With a Spiral Staircase, Four Double Bedrooms and No Homework!
💰 - Guide Price £795,000
📍 - Burntstump Hill, Nottingham
🛏️ - 4 Bedrooms, 3 Bathrooms, 3 Reception Rooms
📷 - @fineandcountryhomes

This was a school in 1902 and it still has the ceilings to prove it. The living room is vaulted, the window is two storeys tall and the spiral staircase makes your own hallway look like a corridor.

Four double bedrooms, two with en-suites, sit in three-quarters of an acre. The old classroom still stands in the garden, ready to be a home office, a gym or the one room where nobody can find you.

LIVE MUSIC

FRIDAY

• SOIL - Rock City - 4:30pm

• Stu Larsen - Bodega - 7:00pm

• Cassia - Rescue Rooms - 6:30pm

• Romance: Dopamine Chamber - Rescue Rooms - 10:30pm

• The Hanging Stars - The Old Cold Store - 7:30pm

SATURDAY

• Deco - Rock City - 6:30pm

• Junior Brother - Bodega - 7:00pm

• Allt - Rescue Rooms - 6:30pm

• Do Nothing - Rough Trade - 6:00pm

• The Ultimate 70s Show - Nottingham Arts Theatre - 7:30pm

SUNDAY

• Mae Stephens - Bodega - 7:00pm

• Oh My God! It's the Church - Rescue Rooms - 6:30pm

• Jamie Webster - Rough Trade - 6:00pm

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