Lyvia at Hockley Hustle at the Bodega 2023. Credit Luke Brennan
Nottingham’s most eclectic music & arts festival returns.
Once again we’re raising money for Nottingham charities with £200,000 raised to date!
Come along and enjoy the finest music, art, food and fun the city has to offer, and there’s also quite a lot of dancing with 50 venues hosting 400 artists over 18 hours, come along, bring your pals. All of ‘em.
From the Press Release:
After a whirlwind summer of UK festivals, star in the making JayaHadADream will join Notts legends Cappo, Alfie Sharp, Bridie Squires and more at Antenna, for intimate sets backed by the Rob Rosa string quartet, while Hip Hop royalty Klashnekoff makes his way to Can’t Stop Won’t Stop as a part of his UK tour.
The Bodega sees the return of the much loved band, Cecille Grey, with more familiar faces returning to stages across the festival including Sancho Panza, Hhymn, 94 Gunships, Cheap Dirty Horse and Vee Adu. The Bath Inn on Sneinton Market features a day of traditional music and choirs from around the globe whilst Lord Roberts is hosted by a trio of queer promoters - Queer Notts, Unnamed Drag and Queerwise.
Other stages are programmed by a flock of Notts promoters including Fluent in Both, Jah Digga, Nottanother, Can’t Stand The Rain, Poets Off The Endz, Cultural Vibrations, I’m Not From London and Notts Black Creatives Network, with Big Nature Collective and Swingsash hosting the infamous silent disco.
Cubed Cuts and Coffee will be an official Hockley Hustle seller, and the place to show support and purchase the released music of the Nottingham artists on the festival line up.
A massive part of the festival’s flavour will come from the expanded street entertainment representing many cultures with Dhol drummers, samba bands and choirs combining to create a carnival vibe. Lighting designers and projection artists are being commissioned to develop the overall design of the festival.
Wristbands are just £15 for access to all the venues, with all the money raised going to support nine local charities. On the day of the festival you will exchange your ticket for a wristband that gains entry to all venues.
The wristband exchange is located at Broadway Cinema and will be open from 11am - 9pm on 20th of October.
For anyone wanting to enquire further about our accessibility adaptions, please email: danny@hockleyhustle.co.uk
Here's a flavour of what to expect.