Happy Father’s Day, Nottingham!

Your weekly edition of the Nottingham Buzz has arrived! In this week’s issue:

• 🗓️ The best upcoming events

• 🇻🇳 A new Vietnamese Cafe opening in town

• 🎶 Another packed week of live music

Let’s get into it.

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Local Business 📍

⚡️ From coal to fusion - Notts leads the charge into the energy future

The site where West Burton A power station got blown up last November is about to become home to something pretty incredible - the world's first nuclear fusion plant. This £2.5 billion STEP project will recreate the same process that powers the sun, right here in Nottinghamshire. We're talking 10,000 jobs from construction through to operations, plus local students getting fast-tracked into the training programs. As one MP put it, this will "completely turn the area around" - not bad for a county that just said goodbye to coal! | Source

🤝 Nottingham’s property development future to be discussed at networking launch in July

Got a vested interest when it comes to Nottingham's built environment? Then you'll want to bag a spot at this networking lunch on Thursday 17 July at Cosy Club. The big topics? Broad Marsh and Island Quarter developments, plus whether the future's all about out-of-town sprawl or if we're finally going to embrace proper city centre living. They'll also be diving into how good design can actually transform our streets to make them better. Welcome drink and two-course lunch included! | Source

Events ⭐️

Our top picks for things to do this week.  

✏️ Nottingham Poetry Festival 2025
Various Venues
Friday, June 13th - Sunday, June 22nd | Various Venues | More Info

🎾 Nottingham Open Tennis
Lexus Nottingham Tennis Centre
Saturday, June 14 - Sunday, June 22nd | 10:00 AM | More Info

🏐 Netball Super League: Nottingham Forest v Leeds Rhinos
Motorpoint Arena
Sunday, June 15th | 12:00 PM | More Info

🎹 Tim Minchin
Royal Concert Hall
Monday, June 16th | 7:30 PM | More Info

😂 Jonny Cole: Armagudd'n
Canalhouse
Tuesday, June 17th | 7:30 PM | More Info

🍿 La La Land - Binks Yard Film Club
Binks Yard
Wednesday, June 18th | 7:00 PM | More Info

🍿 Open Air Theatre - Twelfth Night
Wollaton Hall
Thursday, June 19th | 7:00 PM | More Info

🪩 Nottingham Disco For Grown Ups
Pitcher & Piano
Friday, June 20th | 7:00 PM | More Info

✏️ Creative Writing Breakfast Club
Nottingham Central Library
Friday, June 20th | 10:00 AM | More Info

💃 The Drag Pageant
Nottingham Arts Theatre
Friday, June 20th | 7:30 PM | More Info

🍻 Nottingham Craft Beer Festival
Sneinton Market Avenues
Friday, June 20th & Saturday, June 21st | Various Times | More Info

🍿 Broadway's Horror All-Nighter
Broadway Cinema
Saturday, June 21st | All Night | More Info

🎵 Choirjam At Nottingham Castle
Nottingham Castle
Saturday, June 21st | 11:15 AM | More Info

😂 Greg Davies - Full Fat Legend
Motorpoint Arena
Saturday, June 21st | 7:30 PM | More Info

🎵 Qawwali On Tour
Nottingham Arts Theatre
Saturday, June 21st | 7:30 PM | More Info

🇹🇭 Magic of Thailand Festival
Forest Recreation Ground
Saturday, June 21st & Sunday, June 22nd | 10:00 AM | More Info

😂 George Lewis - The Best Thing You’ll Ever Do
Nottingham Arts Theatre
Sunday, June 22nd | 8:00 PM | More Info

Food and Drink 🍽️

The latest and greatest in Nottingham’s awesome food & drink scene.

🇻🇳 Fresh faces and Vietnamese flavours - new cafe opening in town

The old Redgate student accommodation office on Carrington Street is getting a serious Vietnamese makeover. Càphinique is promising to transport you straight to Hanoi with proper cà phê sữa đá (Vietnamese iced coffee), that famous egg coffee, and some seriously good pho and banh mi. Owner Anna Vu reckons they'll be open sometime in July, and judging by their website's promise of "coffee that's strong, tea that's vibrant, and food that's soulful," this could be exactly what the city centre needs. | More Info

🍸 Lost Property becomes Lost Again after outgrowing its Hockley hideaway

Remember Lost Property, that brilliant hidden bar down the alley in Hockley that even Kiefer Sutherland popped into? Well, it got so popular they've had to up sticks and become Lost Again in the old Market Bar spot on Goose Gate. Same quirky vibe with vintage suitcases in the window, disco balls, and a photo booth disguised as a filing cabinet, but now with proper space to dance and a licence until 4am. Co-owner Dan Brown says nine years of success meant they needed room to breathe - plus the ground floor's getting done up for even more space by August. Two cocktails for £12 before 8pm? Yes please! | More Info

Live Music Picks 🎤

The live gigs you don’t want to miss this week.

Sunday 15th

• Dadfest – Father’s Day Family Festival @ Binks Yard (Tickets)

• Fleshwater @ Rescue Rooms (Tickets) 

• Gwenifer Raymond @ Peggy’s Skylight (Tickets)

Monday 16th

• Bright Eyes @ Rock City (Tickets)

• Tim Minchin @ Royal Concert Hall @ (Tickets)

• Boa @ Rescue Rooms (Tickets)

Tuesday 17th

• Natty @ Bodega (Tickets) 

• Patrick Wolf @ Rough Trade (Tickets)

Wednesday 18th

• Alien Nosejob @ JT Soar (Tickets)

• Vision Video @ Bodega (Tickets) 

• The Great British Folk-Off @ The Grove (Tickets)

Thursday 19th

• Dion Lunadon @ Bodega (Tickets) 

• The Fourmasons @ Peggy’s Skylight (Tickets)

Friday 20th

• The Molotovs @ Bodega (Tickets) 

• Inhuman Nature @ The Chapel at The Angel Microbrewery (Tickets)

• Foo Fighters GB @ Binks Yard (Tickets)

• Showaddywaddy @ Royal Concert Hall (Tickets)

• Jo Harman @ Peggy’s Skylight (Tickets)

Saturday 21st

• Rum & Reggae Fest @ Binks Yard (Tickets)

• Gladrags: The Official Trans Pride Afterparty @ Rough Trade (Tickets)

• John Wilson & Sinfonia of London @ Royal Concert Hall (Tickets)

Sunday 22nd

• Tate McRae @ Motorpoint Arena (Tickets)

• Bobby Bare Jr. @ JT Soar (Tickets)

• Pat McCarthy Quartet ft Shannon Reilly @ Peggy’s Skylight (Tickets)

• Ruth Lyon @ Rough Trade (Tickets)

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