Begun in 1873 as a Nottingham Temperance Hall and designed by the local architect Watson Fothergill, the Albert Hall stands on North Circus Street close to the city centre. The original building opened in 1876 and became the largest concert hall in Nottingham and a major venue for political rallies, though it suffered repeated financial crises. Put on the market in 1901, it was bought by a syndicate of local businessmen and reopened as a Wesleyan Methodist mission. After fire damaged the buildi.....

In the basement of the Imperial Buildings on Victoria Street, in the centre of Nottingham, this branch of Be At One occupies a below-ground space in one of the city's established nightlife streets. Nottingham holds a particular place in the chain's history, as the bar the founders acquired here in the mid-1990s growth phase was among the early sites that helped the brand expand beyond London. Be At One was created in May 1998 by Steve Locke, Leigh Miller, and Rhys Oldfield, three bartenders who.....

Billy Bootleggers is an American-style dive bar and live-music venue at 13-15 Weekday Cross, in the Lace Market area of Nottingham city centre. Formerly trading as Percy Picklebackers, it occupies a building with 19th-century lace-manufacturing roots, and pairs an exposed-brick, speakeasy-style interior with a late-night programme that runs until 3am. Live music is central to the bar, with gigs and open-mic nights staged seven nights a week across genres from rock to roots, including an upstair.....

Binks Yard is an all-day restaurant, bar, and entertainment venue at 1 The Great Northern Close, part of The Island Quarter development beside the canal in Nottingham, off London Road. It pairs an open kitchen specialising in grilled, cured, and wood-fired food with a bar serving real ales, craft beers, wines, and cocktails. The venue is built around a large outdoor terrace with a dedicated performance stage and what it bills as the largest outdoor screen in the East Midlands, used for live mus.....

Calluna is a cocktail bar and late-night club on Forman Street in Nottingham city centre, presenting itself as a place to come for the drinks and stay for the dancing. It pairs a polished cocktail offer with a programme of house music, occupying a position between a refined bar and a nightclub. The venue is laid out with two indoor bars, a dance floor and a heated, covered outdoor garden, allowing it to offer several distinct environments across the course of an evening. The drinks are central .....

Housed in a Grade II listed former canal warehouse, the Canalhouse is one of Nottingham's most distinctive pubs -- a stretch of canal actually runs through the inside of the building, complete with resident narrowboats and an arched footbridge. The warehouse was built in 1895 by the carrier Fellows, Morton and Clayton and later served as a canal museum before its conversion to a pub in the early 1980s. Run by the local Castle Rock Brewery, it is a long-standing fixture of Nottingham's craft-bee.....

Occupying close to two hundred and fifty acres of former estate land on the eastern edge of Nottingham, beside the River Trent, Colwick Park is a country park best known as the home of Nottingham Racecourse. The land once formed part of the Colwick Hall estate, and today it combines horse racing, open parkland and water-based recreation in a single sweep of countryside close to the city. The estate's recorded history reaches back to 1362, when it passed into the Byron family, ancestors of the p.....

Anchored around a 400-capacity auditorium, Metronome is a purpose-built music and cross-media venue in the heart of Nottingham's Creative Quarter. Located on Huntingdon Street, it describes itself as a national centre for music, moving image, video games, live performance and spoken word, delivering an ambitious and contemporary programme that ranges far beyond conventional gigs. Its modern, flexible design and central location have made it a distinctive addition to the city's cultural landscape.....

One of the largest indoor entertainment venues in the East Midlands, the Motorpoint Arena Nottingham sits in the heart of the city beside the National Ice Centre on Bolero Square. Opened in 2000, the arena can hold around ten thousand people for concerts and has become a regular fixture on the UK touring circuit for major music, sport and family shows. The venue forms part of the same complex as the National Ice Centre, Britain's first twin Olympic-sized ice-rink facility, and has carried sever.....

One of Nottingham's largest nightclubs, NG-ONE occupies a multi-level space on Lower Parliament Street in the heart of the city centre, a few minutes' walk from the Old Market Square. Built for big crowds, it holds close to a thousand people across two floors and three separate rooms, served by four bars and three independent sound systems under a single roof. The club trades on scale and stamina, opening its doors late and running through until the early hours of the morning, with weekend sess.....