Things to do in Nottingham this week including the Nottingham Foodies Festival and The Ultimate Strongman!

Morning, Nottingham! This week’s schedule includes grilling meat while The Wanted 2.0 sing at you, watching strongmen hurl washing machines like it’s no big deal. If that’s not variety, we don’t know what is. There’s also a mini fest for pirate-obsessed kids!

Get outside, grab a napkin (you’ll need it), and don’t be surprised if your weekend ends with a face full of glitter and a phone full of chef selfies.

— Local Scoop Nottingham

🗓️ WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK?

🎤 - Foodies Festival – Boybands, Booze & BBQs You Can’t Afford to Burn
📍 - Wollaton Park
📅 - Friday 27th - Sunday 29th June
📷 - @foodiesfestival

Three days of eating, drinking and pretending you're still 17 when Blue hits the stage. The Wanted 2.0 are in the line-up too, alongside DJ Judge Jules, live chef demos, and more street food than a hungover stomach can handle.

There’s everything from churros to Korean bao, plus enough cocktails to cancel your weekend plans twice. Just pace yourself or you’ll end up salsa dancing with a stick of halloumi.

🍔 - SCRUMPTIOUS SCOOP

🍸 - Loose Ends – Wild Drinks, Castle Views & a Secret Garden
📍 - 92 Friar Lane
⏰ - Thursday: 4:00 PM - 12:00 AM
⏰ - Friday: 4:00 PM - 12:00 AM
⏰ - Saturday: 12:00 PM - 12:00 AM
⏰ - Sunday: 12:00 PM - 9:00 PM
📷 - @loose____ends

Loose Ends isn’t your average cocktail bar. It’s the kind of place where the drinks have ingredients like sourdough syrup, sesame-washed rye, and pineapple shrubs that sound like they’ve been through therapy. There's a secret garden, a castle view, and a menu full of clever twists made by bartenders who treat cocktails like an Olympic sport. It’s bold, brilliant, and very Nottingham.

🎭- ACTIVITY ALLEY

💪 - UK’s Strongest Man – Biceps, Barrels & a Whole Lot of Grunting
📍 - Motorpoint Arena
📅 - 28th June & 29th June
⏰ - 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Doors from 12:00)
🎟️ - From £16
📷 - @officialultimatestrongman

Watch giant men lift things they probably shouldn’t while pyrotechnics blast and the crowd loses its collective mind. From flipping tyres the size of Jacuzzis to casually deadlifting your cousin's Vauxhall Astra, it’s peak human drama in protein-powered slow motion.

VIPs get a two-course lunch and a strongman meet-and-greet, which is basically Tinder for gym bros. Bring your mates, bring the kids, just don’t challenge anyone to an arm wrestle.

🎭 - FRESH EXPERIENCES

🎤 - Little Voices Toton – Big Futures Start With Little Voices
📍 - Greenwood Community Centre
⏰ - Weekly classes from Sept
📷 - @littlevoicesnottslboro
📞 - 07449 990116
📧 - [email protected]
🌐 - littlevoices.org.uk/nottingham-loughborough

Got a drama queen (or king) under 18? Little Voices is launching in Toton this September with singing, acting, and confidence-boosting sessions led by former school vice principal Sammi. Groups are capped at eight kids, so nobody’s lost in the chorus line. LAMDA-qualified, fun-fuelled, and no jazz hands required (unless they want to).

💥 - First taster workshop hits 13th August for £35. Singing, dancing, and possibly shouting “Mummy, I want to be famous!”

🎟️ - Free trials available, but spots go quicker than your patience on the school run.

MONDAY

Free Wild Fruit & Nut Workshop - Windmill Community Gardens
10:00 AM | More Info

Diana Ross Live - Motorpoint Arena
6:00 PM | More Info

Billy Ocean Live - Royal Concert Hall
6:30 PM | More Info

TUESDAY

Makers Day - Sneinton Market
8:30 AM | More Info

Wellbeing Walk - Attenborough Nature Reserve
8:30 AM | More Info

Summer Solstice Market - The Botanist West Bridgford
8:30 AM | More Info

WEDNESDAY

Nature Spotting: June in Bloom - Attenborough Nature Reserve
11:45 AM | More Info

Gracie Abrams The Secret Tour of Us - Motorpoint Arena
6:30 PM | More Info

THURSDAY

Poetry Scum - 540 Mansfield Road
7:00 PM | More Info

BlaBla Language Exchange Evening - Raglan Road Irish Bar
7:30 PM | More Info

FRIDAY

Summer Fete 2025 - Clifton Place
3:00 PM | More Info

SATURDAY

Choral Workshop with Neil Ferris - St Martin’s Church
9:45 AM | More Info

Summer Nature Day - Colwick Woods Nature Reserve
10:00 AM | More Info

LGBTQ Book Festival - Nottingham Central Library
10:00 AM | More Info

Watercolour - Painting Workshop - Attenborough Nature Reserve
10:00 AM | More Info

Family Fun Day - Sawley Park
12:00 PM | More Info

Swap & Share - Woodthorpe Park Plant Nursery
3:00 PM | More Info

Wildflower Street Graffiti Tour - Sherwood Methodist Church
5:00 PM | More Info

Murder Under The Big Top - 70 Mansfield Road
6:30 PM | More Info

SUNDAY

Cars & Coffee - Wheelhouse, Wollaton
10:00 AM | More Info

Identifying Bumblebees - Attenborough Nature Reserve
10:00 AM | More Info

Queer History Walk - Maid Marion Way
12:30 PM | More Info

Dr Sketchy Notts - Canalhouse Bar
12:30 PM | More Info

Soul Food Sundays - Lace Bar
12:30 PM | More Info

Little Bop: Pirates Cove Family Mini Fest - Binks Yard
3:00 PM | More Info

 🎶 LIVE MUSIC

WEDNESDAY

• Riddle of Steel Tour - Rough Trade - 7:00 PM

THURSDAY

• Soot Sprite - The Grove - 7:00 PM

• Great Gable Live - 7:00 PM

FRIDAY

• Devil Makes Three - Rescue Rooms - 6:30 PM

• WHAM!DURAN - Palais - 6:30 PM

• Rocket Man - Tribute to Elton John - Binks Yard - 6:30 PM

• Mike Sanchez & The Portions - Billy Bootleggers - 7:00 PM

• Cell Rot - Mist Rolling Inn - 7:00 PM

• Slimline Shufflers - Billy Bootleggers - 8:00 PM

• The Skunts Live - Crossings Club - 8:00 PM

• Jonk, Friday Chores, Joshua Todd - Fisher Gate - 8:00 PM

• Rapture - The Lion at Basford - 9:00 PM

SATURDAY

• Festival of Love - Trent Navigation - 2:00 PM

• 4UNK Presents - Golden Fleece - 3:00 PM

• Tomar Control (Peru) / Kings of Pigs / Leashed - Rose of England - 6:00 PM

• Young Culute Live - Bodega - 7:00 PM

• Headgazer + Not Out Place - Sneinton Market - 7:00 PM

• Ant-Trouble - Billy Bootleggers - 7:30 PM

• Requiem - Rough Trade - 8:00 PM

• Macky Gee - Secret Vault - 10:00 PM

• Jack & Dan Acoustic Duo - The Botanist West Bridgford - 10:00 PM

• Chop Suey - Billy Bootleggers - 11:00 PM

SUNDAY

• Glory Days - Billy Bootleggers - 12:00 PM

• Sweet Williams - JT Soar - 4:00 PM

• Imogen Clark - Running Horse - 7:30 PM

• Motley Crue - Billy Bootleggers - 10:00 PM

🌦️ WEEKEND WEATHER

Friday

23°C 🌡️ 15°C | Cloudy changing to sunny intervals by late morning.

Saturday

24°C 🌡️ 16°C | Sunny intervals changing to partly cloudy by nighttime.

Sunday

23°C 🌡️ 16°C | Sunny.
Temperature readings taken from the Met Office the night before publication

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