Nottingham Poetry Festival: Community Meetings & Open Mic

BE A PART OF THE CAROUSEL HISTORY:

2019

08 Feb - THE CAROUSEL OPENS! LAUNCH PARTY - Kagoule / Slumb Party / Blessed Twins + Laser Tag light Night

2020

26 Dec - Takeaway Jazz Records shop launch party / Machine Woman

2021

29 May - International Women’s Day - Live Your Own Life Party / Katie Fishlock
30 July - Queerphoria - Yay Maria / Franx / Witch of the East / DJ Dael / The Honey Effect
5-9 Aug - Camp Carousel
08 Sep - The Carousel Tapes 001 DJ Benjammin
17 Sep The Carousel Tapes 002 DJ Starbuck
09 Oct - Wig Flex City Festival
02 Nov - Snazzy Cabaret
06 Nov - Dont Stay for breakfast / DJ Ouef / Towley
13 Nov - Where Wax 5th Birthday - Gaz Congi / ZHENG / Ben Soundsystem / RJP / Toe Szylak / Where Wax
18 Dec - Bauhaus Party

2022

09 April Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
28 April SYNETHESIA - Roshan Sabet
14 May - Feline Fine - Hu-Sane / Janelle Ciara
27 May - MILKSHAKE - Harleighblu & Steffi Bricks
29 June - park/90 / Live Graffit / Montana Pop up Shop
6 August - SYNESTHESIA / Josh Marchant / Amber Frost
19 Aug - Harleighblu / Steffi Bricks / Ba Lou Bop
08 Oct - CAIN / Guohan B2B Towley / Claude Money
04 Dec World Jam - Ukraine and Iran Fundraiser

2023

14 Mar - Robin Grey tour /Emmy the harp/ Amy Bowles
23 Mar - Community Play Day / OKAYILOVEYOU /
14 Oct - Hot Plants Music / Marcus Joseph Saxaphone
3 Nov - Dammed Disco - Big Sexy Special
24 Nov - OKAYILOVEYOU / Double Helix / Jatte
25 Nov – Nottingham’s Sapphic Soirée — included live music with Alice Lynne, Hattie & Nat Hallam

2024

23 Mar World Jam
29 Mar - Earth is Doomed!
05 April - ZOPP
17 May - Blue Soup 001 / Guohan (Running Circles) Harry Rook (Lift your feet)
26 May - Dot to Dot Festival The Night Transfer / Fighting Evil Is Cool! / Vee Adu / The Hoplites /Goodgoodbye / Sancho Panza / Joey Collins / Katie / Penny Moon
23 Mar – World Jam Music Event (multicultural music & performance) 18:00–23:00
8 Jun - Clarke Camelleri / Live Album Recording
19 Jul - Blue Soup 002
20 Jul - Me Rex
24 Aug - Remaining Resilient in a changing world / Emma Oldham & Clarke Camilleri
13 Sep - Blue Soup 003
21 Sep - Cheap Dirty Horse
18 Oct - Peach Fuzz
25 Oct - Dim Bulbs
7 Nov - Rammel Club
8 Nov - Clarke Camilleri & Jinda Biant / Finding the blues again
14 Dec - Scene Killers

2025

01 March - The Ten Year Dream (Carousel Fundraiser celebrating signing of our 10 year lease) Arch Femmesis / Cheap Dirty Horse / Coase Hares / Baddy Issues / Scene Killers / Reduced / EID! / Double Helix / Dura Mater / Grace and guy / Roshan Sabet / Big Sexy
05 Apr You Ain’t Scene Nothing Yet / Live music AV experience
12 Apr – She, Robot / Mandibles / Dog Explosion live music night
13 Apr – Schande with Airport Dad, Ideal Host & Vom Vorton (live set)
25 Apr – Hannah Grace (live music performance)
8 May – Sailor Spartan Live at The Carousel
10 May – Mercury with support from Head Cloud, Airtight, Soaper
16 May – Paste . Teleforme . Lefthouse . – live alternative rock gigs
25 May - Dot to Dot Festival
28 Jun - Komboloi Star Album Launch
18 Jul - Cheap Dirty Horse
26 Jul – Head Cloud
6 Set - Monarchy Madness / Drag Kings
13 Sep - Improv’s greatest hits, hosted by Dura Mater
3 Oct - Peanut Butter Club// Boss Daddy & Third Space / Sangria Kong / Dan Shut / Kei Hill
19 Oct - Hockley Hustle - Dusty 4 Track / Benjamin Luhis / Possum Kid / Eleanor McGregor / Young Hustlers
26 Oct - Tulpa
31 Oct - Earth is Doomed! / Bliss Routine / Rights for Flies / Big Sexy
8 Nov - Nottingham Comedy Festival
16 Nov - Baddy Issues / Kodin Hill / The pressed Pills / Hex Poseur
5th Dec - Archy and the Astronaughts
31st Dec - New year Hootenanny hosted by Jinda Biant and Clarke Camilleri

2026

23 Mar Johnny and the Raindrops (live music performance) — Sunday 23 March 2025, 14:30–17:00
28 Feb – Willow Bay – Evangeline EP Launch (live music show)
20–22 Mar – The Hop-Nights 2026 — three-day ska, reggae & rocksteady music event weekend
21 May – Poly-Math + Earth is Doomed! live show at The Carousel

MAKING IDEAS HAPPEN SINCE 2019