• Hockley Hustle 2025 – A Review

    Eliza Waddington Continuing its streak of almost 20 years, Nottingham’s music festival is back! Despite the undesirable weather, Hockley Hustle came with its energetic vibrancy and raided the streets and pubs of Hockley, coming back for another successful year of charity fundraising. This year, we were treated to 50...
  • The Life of a Showgirl: The Death of the Tortured Poet

    Jemma Tonkin Taylor Swift’s new sparkly pop album is her most controversial yet, dividing even the long-term die-hard Swifties (including myself). The most shocking aspect of the album that has taken social media by storm is the lyricism (or lack thereof), marking a dramatic 180 turn from her previous...
  • From Support to Stardom: Allie Shakespeare, Tome Walker, and Tom Grennan Dazzle Nottingham

    Last night, Nottingham's Motorpoint Arena transformed into a living, breathing celebration of music, energy and sheer joy....
  • Dot2Dot 2025: 20 Years of Unearthing The Next Best Local Musicians

    Sasha Andresier  It was the perfect sunny day for Dot2Dot 2025, and Nottingham city centre was abuzz. The festival, which this year celebrated its 20th anniversary, has made over 15 venues across the city become the ultimate collective of gig venues for the day, includes the likes of Rock...
  • Splendour Festival: A Weekend With Nottingham at its Heart

    Amelia Cropley and Sasha Andresier  “Okay Nottingham! Are you ready for Splendour?”  Celebrating its seventeenth birthday, Splendour Festival returned for another year in Nottingham for a weekend celebration in the rain and the shine. As the biggest festival of Nottinghamshire, Splendour sets large expectations for itself; but the year...
  • Ethan Tasch ‘Mixtape (Edit)’ EP: A Musical Love Letter

    Jacob Edwards  Ethan Tasch’s debut album Got Him! was the soundtrack to my year abroad — its summery indie-folk vibes and country twang were the perfect accompaniment to sunny spells in southern Germany. Now, he’s back with a fresh EP, Mixtape (Edit) that feels like it’s been lovingly curated...
  • Bryan Adams: The rockstar who brought nostalgic rock back into 2025

    Amelia Cropley As one can find in Impact Reviews’ Bryan Adams preview, Nottingham (and Impact alike) have been waiting impatiently for a worldwide rockstar to reenter Nottingham for his new and fresh tour, Roll With The Punches.  After 50 years in the business, there aren’t many more artists with...