Things to do this week: 100 Beers at the Castle, a Pagan Market and Nottinghamshire's Biggest Weekly Market!

Morning! Twelve local breweries have taken over Nottingham Castle this weekend with over 100 beers, live music and street food. Robin Hood robbed the rich. You're just going to the beer festival.

Also this week, a free pagan market at Sneinton with over 100 traders on Saturday, a recently opened Caribbean deli worth knowing about, and a bus garage in Chilwell that's become Nottinghamshire's biggest weekly market.

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WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK?

🍺- Nottingham Independents' Castle Beer Festival - 100 Beers at a Castle, Which is Exactly as Good as It Sounds
📍- Nottingham Castle
📅 - Fri 24th Apr to Sat 25th Apr
⏰ - Fri 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM
⏰ - Sat 12:00 PM - 10:00 PM
🎟️ - Fri evening: £12.10 | Sat all-day: £16.50 | Sat evening: £12.10
📷 - @castlebeerfestival

Robin Hood robbed the rich to give to the poor. This weekend, 12 local breweries are giving over 100 beers to anyone with a ticket, which is a different kind of redistribution but arguably more popular. Blue Monkey, Neon Raptor, Castle Rock, Magpie and Shipstone's are all pouring, several launching brand new beers for the occasion because apparently the existing ones needed company.

Street food, ciders and live music around the bandstand. Ticket includes a reusable cup. The castle has no complaints.

TUESDAY

Hopfest 26 - Notts County Football Club
9:30 AM | More Info

Alfie Boe - Royal Concert Hall
6:30 PM | More Info

WEDNESDAY

Evening Ease Slow Flow Yoga - Sherwood The Place Activity Centre
5:45 PM | More Info

Rick Astley Reflection Tour - Motorpoint Arena
6:30 PM | More Info

Comedy Night - Canalhouse Bar
7:00 PM | More Info

THURSDAY

Tots Secret Garden - Wollaton Park
10:30 AM | More Info

Things We Found in the Ground - Five Leaves Bookshop
7:00 PM | More Info

Running Workshop - Up & Running
7:15 PM | More Info

Singles Social (40s/50s) - Slug & Lettuce
7:30 PM | More Info

FRIDAY

Singles Social (30s/40s/50s) - Slug & Lettuce
7:30 PM | More Info

The Upbeat Beatles - Nottingham Arts Theatre
7:30 PM | More Info

SATURDAY

Race To The Castle 2026 - The Suspension Bridge
7:00 AM | More Info

Guided Tour - St Ann's Allotments
10:30 AM | More Info

Spring Festival - Wollaton Park
11:00 AM | More Info

Beltane Market - Sneinton Market Avenues
11:00 AM | More Info

Pop Up Tea Tasting - Shop Zero
12:00 PM | More Info

SUNDAY

Vaisakhi in The Park - Wollaton Park
12:00 PM | More Info

Long Eaton Circus - West Park
2:00 PM | More Info

SCRUMPTIOUS SCOOP

🇯🇲 - Yello Yard - Caribbean Deli at Sneinton Market
📍- Sneinton Market
⏰- Wed to Sat: 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM
📷- @theyelloyard

A recently opened Caribbean deli in Sneinton Market, started by two Nottingham locals who moved back from London and couldn't find the kind of Caribbean food they were looking for. So they built it themselves, which is either the most Nottingham response possible or just a very good business decision. Both, probably.

On the menu: curry mutton sandos, jerk pork sandos, jerk short rib sandos, boneless jerk chicken and patties.

ACTIVITY ALLEY

🛒 - The Garage Saturday Market - Up to 50 Traders, Fresh Food and Speciality Coffee in Chilwell
📍- The Garage Chilwell
📅 - Sat 25th Apr
⏰ - 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
🎟️ - Free entry
📷 - @the_garage_chilwell

Nottinghamshire's biggest weekly market lives in a former bus garage, which tells you everything you need to know about how quickly things can change when someone has a good idea and a large empty building. Up to 50 traders across craft, vintage, food, drink and speciality coffee, all undercover in Chilwell.

The buses left. You should go.

FRESH EXPERIENCES

🌿 - Beltane Pagan Market at Sneinton - The Free Market Where the Crafters Have Been Hibernating Since October
📍- Sneinton Market
📅 - Sat 25th Apr
⏰ - 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
🎟️ - Free entry
📷 - @minoroak @pagan_pride_uk @nottingham_pagan_market

Over 100 artists, crafters and food traders emerging from their winter hideaways with new things to sell you across the Avenues and Sneinton Market Circle. It's been a long winter and they've clearly been busy. Handmade goods, art, food and the kind of things you won't find anywhere else on a Saturday afternoon.

The Nottingham Shakespeare Company are also performing Much Ado About Nothing in three parts on Avenue C, which is either a bonus or a very specific kind of Saturday.

LIVE MUSIC

FRIDAY:

• Yonaka Live - Rough Trade - 6:00 PM

• M60 Live - Rescue Rooms - 6:30 PM

• Codex Serafini - JT Soar - 7:00 PM

• Cult Fiction - Tap 'N' Tumbler - 7:00 PM

• Plug in Maybe - Billy Bootleggers - 7:00 PM

• Cult Fiction - Tap 'n' Tumbler - 8:00 PM

• Reggaeton Party - Stealth - 10:30 PM

• House Roots - Billy Bootleggers - 10:30 PM

SATURDAY:

• Coldplace - Binks Yard - 2:00 PM

• Bama Lama Sing Song - Rescue Rooms - 6:00 PM

• AD Infinitum - Old Cold Store - 6:30 PM

• The Rumble Band Live - Trent Navigation - 7:00 PM

• The Nocturnal - Mist Rolling Inn - 7:00 PM

SUNDAY:

• The SKAs - Pelican Pub - 4:00 PM

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