Things to do this week: Nottingham Motor Show, Back to the 80s Festival and a Matcha Bowl Workshop!

Morning! The East Midlands' biggest motor show takes over Wollaton Park on Sunday with hundreds of classics, supercars, motorbikes and trucks. Free to get in, although the parking charge and the funfair will sort that out quickly enough.

Also this week, an outdoor 80s tribute festival at Binks Yard on Saturday with final tickets at £20, and a matcha bowl ceramics workshop at Bird and Blend on Tuesday evening if you need something to do with your hands mid-week.

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WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK?

🚗 - Nottingham Motor Show - Hundreds of Cars and at Least One Man Explaining Horsepower Unprompted
📍- Wollaton Hall & Deer Park
📅 - Sun 7th Jun
⏰ - 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
🎟️ - Parking £10 in advance, £12 on the gate
📷 - @wollatonhall

The East Midlands' biggest motor show is back at Wollaton Park with hundreds of classic cars, modern supercars, concept vehicles, motorbikes, buses, trucks, and enough polished chrome to cause temporary sun blindness.

You'll get early 1900s classics parked next to brand new performance cars, plus groups of people crouching slightly to inspect wheels like Formula 1 scouts.

There's family entertainment, a funfair, food stalls and a music marquee running all day too, although somebody in your group will still spend 40 minutes looking at one engine bay with complete emotional commitment.

MONDAY

Art Exhibition by Martin Wright - Attenborough Nature Reserve
9:00 AM | More Info

TUESDAY

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

WEDNESDAY

Gentle Slow Flow Yoga - The Place Community
5:45 PM | More Info

THURSDAY

Vintage Mills Tasting - Brew Cavern
6:00 PM | More Info

Wine Tasting Class - Poppy & Pint
7:00 PM | More Info

Singles Meet & Mingle Mixer (50+) - Brewhouse & Kitchen
7:00 PM | More Info

FRIDAY

Coffee Morning and Plant Sale - Grange Methodist Church
10:45 AM | More Info

Summer Fiesta - Binks Yard
4:00 PM | More Info

Summer 2026 Exhibition Launch Party - Notts Contemporary
6:30 PM | More Info

SATURDAY

Ruddington Handmade Craft Market - St Peter’s Room
9:00 AM | More Info

The Garage Saturday Market - Chilwell
10:00 AM | More Info

Pond Dipping - Attenborough Nature Reserve
10:00 AM | More Info

South Notts Out & About - Wilwell Farm Cutting
10:00 AM | More Info

Forager’s Show and Tell - Windmill Community Gardens
10:30 AM | More Info

Charity Dachshund Walk - Wollaton Park
11:00 AM | More Info

EVs In The Park - Wollaton Park
11:00 AM | More Info

This is Hard House Festival - UNIT 13
3:00 PM | More Info

Ghost Walk - Ye Olde Trip to Jereusalem
7:00 PM | More Info

Technicolour Sounds Presents Welcome to Summer Shindig - Sherwood Forest
9:00 PM | More Info

SUNDAY

Lady Bay Safari Sale - Lady Bay
10:00 AM | More Info

Oil Patels for Beginners Class - Wollaton Park Area
11:00 AM | More Info

Group Dog Walk - Blidworth Woods
11:00 AM | More Info

Nottingham Rathayatra (Free Vegetarian Food) - Old Market Square
11:00 AM | More Info

UB40 - Motorpoint Arena
6:00 PM | More Info

SCRUMPTIOUS SCOOP

🥩 - Mood - The Menu Starts With Steak And Then Gets Distractingly Good!
📍- 948 Woodborough Road, Mapperley
⏰ - Mon to Thu: 9:00 AM - 10:00 PM
⏰ - Fri to Sat: 9:00 AM - 11:00 PM
⏰ - Sun: 9:00 AM - 10:00 PM
📷 - @moodthecut

Mood is one of those places where you arrive fully committed to ordering a steak and then spend the next ten minutes changing your mind repeatedly.

Angus ribeye, sirloin and fillet come with a choice of five sauces, from peppercorn and mushroom to firecracker, while the Chooza Chicken and Asian fusion menu make a strong case for abandoning your original plan altogether.

Then there are the mocktails. They arrive looking glamorous and immediately have everyone at the table asking for a taste before their own drink has even turned up.

ACTIVITY ALLEY

🕺 - Back to the 80s Summer Tribute Festival - The Music Still Holds Up. The Haircuts Don't.
📍- Binks Yard
📅 - Sat 6th Jun
⏰ - 3:00 PM - 10:00 PM (last entry 8:00 PM)
🎟️ - £20
📷 - @magicdiscouk

An outdoor 80s festival lands at Binks Yard with tribute acts, confetti showers, retro visuals, and a soundtrack packed with the songs that still get an immediate reaction thirty years later.

It sold out earlier this year, came back, and final tickets are now on sale, which tells you everything you need to know about the enduring power of 80s music and questionable dance moves.

There'll be cocktails, prosecco, and a crowd confidently singing every chorus despite not having heard some of them since the last 80s event they swore would be their last.

FRESH EXPERIENCES

🍵 - Matcha Bowl Workshop - Finally, a Use For the Matcha Obsession!
📍 - Bird and Blend Tea Co.
📅 - Tue 2nd Jun
⏰ - 6:15 PM - 8:30 PM
🎟️ - £39pp
📷 - @halloceramics

This workshop at Bird and Blend Tea Co. combines two increasingly popular hobbies into one evening: drinking matcha and talking about ceramics.

Hosted by Heather from Hallo Ceramics, you'll create your own ceramic matcha bowl from scratch, shaping, decorating and personalising it after a live demonstration. There's also a complimentary matcha drink and tasting session at the start, which feels only fair given what you're making.

No experience needed, your bowl gets professionally fired afterwards, and you'll leave with a new appreciation for how difficult it is to make something round.

LIVE MUSIC

FRIDAY:

• Deadletter Live - Rescue Rooms - 6:30 PM

• The Needful Things - Billy Bootleggers - 6:30 PM

• Whiskey Stain - Mist Rolling Inn - 7:00 PM

• Beverley Knight - Royal Concert Hall - 7:00 PM

• Shaolin’s Bday Showdown - 10:00 PM

SATURDAY:

• What’s Next Wind Band - Squire Performing Arts Centre - 10:00 AM

• Good Times Roll - Bramcote Park - 4:00 PM

• Kaspar and The Swamp Dogs Live - Billy Bootleggers - 4:00 PM

• Headsticks Live - Bodega - 6:00 PM

• My Chemical Romance - Billy Bootleggers - 10:00 PM

SUNDAY:

• Pink by Vicky Jackson - Binks Yard - 12:00 PM

• Chords of Chaos - Old Cold Store - 1:00 PM

• We Three Kings - Billy Bootleggers - 7:00 PM

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