Pumpkin carving, ghoulish
entertainment, a ghost train and storytelling will be on offer in Old
Market Square from Friday 27–Tuesday 31 October
as part of Nottingham City Council’s Halloween entertainment, with events
running at other Nottingham venues from Friday 20 October.
Venues including Brewhouse Yard, Wollaton Hall,
Nottingham Castle, the National Justice Museum, intu Victoria Centre and
Newstead Abbey will have dungeon tours, ghost walks, face-painting, a ‘magic
school’, the chance to ‘dine with the dead’, paranormal investigations and
other activities.
The Original Nottingham Ghost
Walk will be offering free tours between Saturday 28 and Tuesday 31 October,
taking in the graveyard of St Nicolas’ Church and the caves under Ye Old Salutation
Inn.
You can join a creepy culinary experience in three of the city centre’s most haunted pubs at a Spooky Moving Feast between Monday 23 and Wednesday 25 October. Ezekial Bone will take the ghosts (sorry, guests) around the Cock & Hoop, The Angel and the Pit & Pendulum to taste some Halloween food and drink while terrifying them with his grisly and gruesome tales.
Nottingham
Halloween is part of the October in Nottingham, a series of events in the city this autumn, including Bonfire Night.
 The Visited Folk
28–31 October, Nottingham’s Acting City Archaeologist
Scott Lomax will give tours of caves at the Museum of Nottingham Life, followed
by an illustrated talk about his research into a medieval burial site in
Nottingham city centre.
The cave tour will concentrate on one of the little-known
uses of caves cut into the rock beneath Nottingham Castle: isolation of those
‘visited’ by plague.
This will be followed by a talk in one of the caves which
is not usually open to the public. The talk will concentrate on the burial
site, located on Cranbrook Street, where human remains representing an
estimated 90 individuals were found during excavations in 1934 and 1962–1963.
The cost is £6 per person and booking is required.
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 Robin Hood Pageant rescheduled
The Robin Hood Pageant, due to take place at Nottingham Castle this weekend, has had to be rescheduled due to the high winds forecast when a storm hits the country on Saturday.
The Pageant has been rescheduled for the weekend of 10/11 March 2018 at Nottingham Castle. Tickets already purchased will still be valid for the rearranged event; however, people who are unable to make the revised dates can apply for a refund from the point of purchase.
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mini tennis, table tennis, giant Connect 4 and other games, the Monster Smash at Nottingham Tennis Centre on Friday 27 October will give families the chance to play together for free, with lots of giveaways, including prizes for the best fancy dress and the best carved pumpkin.
 Keep active this half-term by booking onto the School’s Out scheme.
Just £1 per day will allow your children aged 8 to 15 to take part in a range of sports and activities, delivered by professional coaches, between 9am and 4pm.
Sports on offer include; badminton, basketball, cricket, netball, football, handball, hockey, rounders, table tennis and everyone’s favourite, dodgeball. Arts and crafts are all available along with board games.
Swimming is also available at all sites for an additional cost. Please contact your chosen centre for full details.
School’s Out is available at Southglade Leisure Centre (Bestwood), John Carroll Leisure Centre (Radford) plus Clifton Leisure Centre (Clifton), as well as Portland Centre (Trent Bridge) and Minver Crescent Sports Hall (Aspley).
We ask that all those attending bring proof of age when first attending and come prepared for a fun packed day of activity, making sure children have plenty of food and water.
Booking information
To pre-book at Southglade, John Carroll or Clifton Leisure Centre, call 0115 876 1600.
To pre-book at Portland Centre, please call 0115 859 9968.
Unfortunately there is no pre-booking facility available at Minver Crescent Sports Village.
When booking, please note that if you do not arrive by 9:30am on the day then your child’s place may be allocated to another child.
There are also first come, first served spaces available at all sites. Arrive early to avoid disappointment.
School’s Out is delivered by Notts County Football In the Community and is for children with a Citycard or Active Nottingham members
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 Nottingham Oktoberfest is about much more than German beer. It’s about getting together with colleagues, clients and friends and enjoying the unbelievable Oktoberfest atmosphere.
Over one long weekend you can experience everything that makes a real Oktoberfest, with live German music, including traditional oompah and great schlager, full Oktoberfest decoration and waitresses and waiters dressed in dirndl and lederhosen.
Experience the feeling of being in an authentic Oktoberfest tent and enjoy giant servings of delicious, specially brewed Bavarian beer and all the Oktoberfest food you love, like bratwurst and schnitzel.
Book your tickets now
 Half-term Family Coding sessions and Spooky Science
Introduction to Coding: Computer Coding made simple using the BBC Microbit. Make your own interactive badge, timer, fortune teller and see your results in LED. These are family sessions for children aged 8+ with 1 parent per child. Sessions at Central Library and Hyson Green.
Spooky Science: Tuesday 31 October 2-4pm (Ages 6+)
Drop in to Central Library, Ground Floor this Halloween for some Spooky Science with the STEM Ambassadors. FREE and spooky dressing up is optional.
Find out how to make your own slime!
Learn how to make ghost projections using Lego and create your own eerie stop-frame animation.
Visit the libraries website for more information and how to book
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Book now for half-term and don't miss the
final day of Dinosaurs of China, which is set to be a cracker. Join us and send
the dinosaurs off in style...
Between 11am and 3pm on 29 October, Hunter the animatronic Sinraptor will
make number of appearances. Try your hand at fossil making, dino rubbing and calligraphy, 'Dig for a Dino', face painting and make dinosaur
wearables. Enjoy 'Hawks of Steel' birds of prey and, of course, this'll be your
last chance to see the exhibition before it’s packed up and returns to
China.
Book your tickets now
Celebrating 140 years of live music at the Malt Cross.
In October 1877 the Malt Cross music hall was finished just in time for Goose Fair’s arrival in old Market Square after a quick six-month construction. On opening night the quadrille band of the Royal Alhambra provided the evening’s entertainment and an incredible live music venue in Nottingham’s history was born.
140 years later sees the Malt Cross Bar and Kitchen commemorating this occasion with a weekend long, intimate music festival featuring Nottingham’s very best local live music talent, its buzzing record-spinning scene and all things craft beer. Join in the festival atmosphere with a street food menu of burgers, hot dogs and wings on Friday and Saturday before a chilled out Sunday with Nottingham Jazz Jam’s monthly session from the house band and special guest guitarist Nik Svarc.
More information
Activities and trails in your local parks
21
October - Lace Unravelled lace workers' roadshow at Long Eaton
Art Room
21 October - Read a Black Author in Public in the Old Market Square
Until
26 October - online workshops at Nottingham libraries
27–29 October - Learning Disability National Tennis Championships
22 October - Songwriting Masterclass with Nina Smith at The Old Library, Mansfield
25 October - Wilderness Survival Skills at Nottingham Lakeside Arts
26 October - Half-term family Halloween wreath making at Curious? Nottingham
28 October - Macka B and the Roots Ragga Band at Nottingham Playhouse
28 October - The VTG Pop-up 80s/90s Vintage Clothing Fair at Nottingham Conference Centre
28–29 October - Superhero Weekend at Great Central Railway
DISCLAIMER:
Every effort has been made to make sure tickets for all these events are still available, but please check with the event organisers before travelling to avoid disappointment.
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