Let’s explore social events in Nottingham, UK happening this week. Local events are a great way to meet new people and make new friends. Look through this page and consider going out and socializing during one of these social events.
Social events are great and offer a world of possibilities. You can make new friends, learn new skills, see things from different perspectives and it’s fantastic for your mental health. And never before has companionship and being able to spend time with others been as important as it is today.
You probably remember being a kid and going up to another person your age and saying, “Do you want to be friends?” and that was pretty much that. Friend made. Alas, it’s not quite as simple now that we’re grown up, but it doesn’t have to be as difficult or as awkward as we think. There are thousands of people out there who would love to meet up with others, finding them just takes a bit of help and that’s what we’re here for.
On this page, we hope you’ll find some interesting events in Nottingham where you can make some new friends.
Local Groups’ Events in Nottingham
THE Wild Christmas Party! 🍺🎅🏻🎄🎁
◦ When: Saturday, Dec 21st
◦ Where: undefined
Our last meetup event for 2024, celebrating Christmas with a wild party!!! 🍺🎅🏻🎄🎁
It’s going to be a fun night with familiar and new faces! We have a pretty fun selection of venues to check out 😎😜🍾
Rough Plan:
* Pitcher & Piano – 7.00 pm
* Lloyds Wetherspoons – 8.00 pm
* The Box – 9.30 pm
* A club (undecided where) – 11.30 pm
Make sure to click ‘Attend’ if you are going : )(…)
From Tap House 🍺 to Roxy Lanes 🎳🎄☃️
◦ When: Tuesday, Dec 17th
◦ Where: The Tap House Nottingham
This will likely be our final MeetUp before Christmas 🎅🎄☃️ and the New Year, so feel free to wear a Christmas jumper if you’d like—no pressure! ✨🎁
*Fancy pouring your own beer?*
Join us at The Tap House, where you can sample and pour beers from around the world—a perfect setup for mingling and socialising with friends or making new connections!
After a couple of hours at The Tap House, we’ll (…)
Free Thinkers Xmas Party
◦ When: Saturday, Dec 21st
◦ Where: The Hop Merchant
Join us for December’s event, which will be a general get-together and xmas-themed party.
There is no discussion topic, just a chance to socialise and have conversations amongst ourselves in a light-hearted manner.
Xmas jumpers, earrings, hats, and anything along those lines are optional but not essential. Drinks will be readily available (please feel free if anyone wants to place a £300 tab beh(…)
Six Barrells Quiz Night 🧐
◦ When: Tuesday, Dec 17th
◦ Where: Six Barrels Hockley
Quiz night in [Six Barrells Hockley](https://sixbarreldrafthouse.co.uk/hockley/) for £1 per person. Meet at 7.30, grab a beer and warm our brains up.
Ash & Eve the Quizzing Dream Team are back again! Let’s bring the fun, chaos and prizes 🏆(…)
Active Outdoors Pub Social with optional Ice skating
◦ When: Wednesday, Dec 18th
◦ Where: Old Market Square, Nottingham
We will be going to the Christmas market to have some drinks. Justine also wants to go ice skating, so anyone who wants to join her can. An oppurtunity for us all to get to together, to get to know each other more, or to pick up on conversations from before.
If you are new to the group and would like to learn more about the group, this is your chance to come along and ask any questions you may ha(…)
Christmas Breakfast Club
◦ When: Saturday, Dec 21st
◦ Where: Cosy Club
Join us for pre Christmas breakfast club at the
Cosy club
Time : 10am
Looking forward to seeing you(…)
NGB Christmas Gig – The 22nd Nottingham Christmas Covers Party @ The Bodega
◦ When: Saturday, Dec 21st
◦ Where: The Bodega Social Club
It’s announced!!!!
As likely surprise to very few, our Christmas Gig is once again The Nottingham Christmas Covers Party!!
Here’s the details:
Now in its 22nd year, Nottingham’s legendary Christmas Covers Party returns to The Bodega on Saturday 21 December, from 7:30pm.
A Nottingham and Christmas institution, the Christmas Covers Party is your opportunity to experience a jam-packed festive eveni(…)
Lace Market Carol Service, St Mary’s Church
◦ When: Thursday, Dec 19th
◦ Where: St Mary’s Church Nottingham
This is always a lovely carol service in this beautiful church set right in the heart of the Lace Market.
The service starts at 1.00pm but aim to arrive at 12.45pm as it gets busy.
Ideal for people who work in the city centre to attend in their lunch break, but everyone is very welcome.
Children from the local schools are usually there to sing.(…)
NCCS Fiction Book Group – Christmas Social & Quiz 2024!
◦ When: Wednesday, Dec 18th
◦ Where: Vat and Fiddle
This month we are having a Christmas social, so there is no required reading! Come for some drinks and snacks and chat! Please note the earlier start time of 7pm.
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**Book Quiz**
We will be running a book quiz in teams to be organised on the night. The prize? The winning team get to select a reading book for the month of June 2025… bypassing our usual voting system! If you want to arrange(…)
How To Kickstart An Awesome 2025 And Escape Living In ‘Default’ Mode
◦ When: Wednesday, Dec 18th
◦ Where: BJSS
December is here with a jingle of bells and a dash of snow, and it’s time for the last **Notts Techfast** of the year, for your ‘*before work’* shot of technology-focussed talk and chat.
This will be a ‘**hybrid event**’ – both in-person at **BJSS Nottingham**’s office, and available to join online too. Those who mark themselves as attending will be sent a link to join the webinar closer to the t(…)
Wollaton park stroll with a drink at The Wheelhouse after.
◦ When: Saturday, Dec 21st
◦ Where: The Wheelhouse Pub near Wollaton Park
Join me for a pleasant stroll around the park and lake. Depending on the weather as to how far we walk.
We will call for drinks/food after at the Wheelhouse pub if anyone wants to join me.
Accesable by nct transport or if driving there is parking in the park payable by phone or free on street parking around the Wheelhouse public house on Russell drive.
**With the ever increasing costs of Meetup i(…)
Comida navidenya – Yamas restaurant
◦ When: Wednesday, Dec 18th
◦ Where: Yamas
Vamos a celebrar la navidad como cada anyo – comiendo demasiado al restaurante griego – Yamas.
Dear all,
In keeping with our group tradition, we are dining out on the last Wednesday before Christmas.
To keep ordering and paying simple, there are two choices:
Meat and fish mezze or
Veggie mezze
The menu is attached as a photo to this event.
The price this year is £31 per person, plus 10% servic(…)
Bouldering at Depot Nottingham
◦ When: Monday, Dec 16th
◦ Where: Depot Climbing Nottingham
A chill bouldering session.
We’ll meet at the Depot at 7:00pm, climb until 9:00pm, then maybe go for food and a drink after.
* 🧗🏻 All skill levels welcome, including if it’s your first time. You can take things at your own pace and do as much as you feel like.
* 👟 Just wear something comfortable to move around in, you can rent climbing shoes there
* ☕️ Tea and snacks available
* 💰 View the [(…)
Bamalama singsong at the Palais!!
◦ When: Friday, Dec 20th
◦ Where: The Palais
Always a great fun night. A live band where the crowd is the singer.
Everyone joins in – no ability required!
Great fun everytime.
Will premeet in Lloyds bar in upstairs area
Tickets
https://www.alttickets.com/bama-lama-sing-song-tickets(…)
Christmas meal – Cafe Roya
◦ When: Saturday, Dec 21st
◦ Where: Cafe Roya
It’s a group tradition to have a Christmas meal at [Cafe Roya](https://www.caferoya.com/) in Beeston every year, and here it is! I’ve booked for 8 on the last Saturday evening of the year before Xmas. I can of course enlarge that booking if more want to come, but RSVP as soon as poss because it may not be so easy to add more people come December. I’ll disallow guests at first but if there’s space (…)
Christmas Dinner and Party🎁🎊🎄🎆
◦ When: Wednesday, Dec 18th
◦ Where: Bistro Live
That festive time of year is around the corner!!
We’re going to ring in the Christmas holidays at Bistro Live with a nice 3 course dinner, followed by a DJ and Christmas party
Come get into the Christmas spirit with us! Dinner will be at 6pm till 9pm, followed by the party.
We are limited to 20 places, so it will be first come, first served, whereas RSVPs are concerned. So if you want to join u(…)
5.5-mile walk around Bestwood Lakes and Country Park
◦ When: Saturday, Dec 21st
◦ Where: Bestwood Country Park
Rescheduled (twice) walk in and around Bestwood Country Park beginning at the Moor Bridge tram stop car park (see map). We’ll walk to Bestwood Lakes first, then through Bestwood Village to Bestwood Country Park past the winding engine house and along paths through woods, returning along the old railway line to Moor Bridge.
The “threes” bus runs every 10 minutes from Victoria Centre bus station an(…)
Trent Bridge Four to Five Mile Circular Walk
◦ When: Tuesday, Dec 17th
◦ Where: Topknot Hair & Beauty
Join me outside the bus stop at Trent Bridge outside Topknot hairdressers for an evening four to five-mile walk that varies monthly but could include the Meadows, local waterways, West Bridgford and Wilford Village before returning to Trent Bridge.
Starting at 6.30 pm with an average walking speed of two miles per hour the walk should finish between 8 to 9 pm.
Numerous bus services to Trent Brid(…)
Disco for Grown Ups Nottingham Christmas Party
◦ When: Saturday, Dec 21st
◦ Where: The Belgrave Rooms
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nottingham-discos-for-grown-ups-christmas-party-tickets-1028957919837
### **Get in the Christmas spirit with a festive boogie at our incredible Discos for Grown ups Christmas party at The Belgrave Rooms Nottingham on Saturday 21st December…**
**Its our last disco of 2024 so its going to be an amazing night of festive fun!**
We will be playing the usual disco, sou(…)
Cuban Salsa (Novice to Competent)
◦ When: Thursday, Dec 19th
◦ Where: Todo Latino Dance Co Ltd
This level aims to develop the fundamental steps and understand the stylistic posture and movement of the dance. Immerse yourself in the music to build familiarity with the timing and rhythm and practice the skills and techniques required for social dancing and communication between partners.
By experimenting with this new knowledge and gaining and exploring musicality and movement, you will impr(…)
Tips to meet people at social events
You can make more friends at one party by showing interest in them than in a month by trying to meet people online. Meeting new people and making genuine connections in local events can be fun and easy if you go with the right mindset.
When it comes to meeting new people, nothing beats showing up in the real world. But none of the tips will work if you are not coming from the right place. Keep an open mind when attending social events. Reframe strangers as potential friends, it will make it much easier to approach conversations and fully engage in them.
When choosing an event, keep an eye on interesting themes, something you can relate to. Meeting new people in the context of mutual interest increases your chances of being friends.
Research events with the types of people you want to meet. They could be people in your age group, your field of work, or a specific neighborhood. Do not be too strict though, loosen up a little bit from your expectations.
Go where people are intentionally looking to make friends such as networking events where it feels normal and expected to walk up and introduce yourself.
In this digital era, apps and websites are the most convenient solutions for finding out about local events. If you are not sure where to look for events happening in Nottingham, you can try out Gigantic.com, 10times.com, or Thebestof.co.uk.
RELATED: How To Meet People in Nottingham, UK
Christmas with Carly Paoli and Friends
◦ When: Saturday, Dec 21st
◦ Where: Albert Hall
This Christmas, join Carly Paoli and special guests, alongside local choirs, for a programme of carols and songs full of festive cheer.
NOTTINGHAM – DISCOS for GROWN UPS CHRISTMAS PARTY!
◦ When: Saturday, Dec 21st
◦ Where: The Belgrave Rooms
The fun and festive Disco for Grown ups Christmas party is coming back to the Belgrave rooms Nottingham City Centre
Belters Sing at St Mary’s
◦ When: Monday, Dec 16th
◦ Where: St Mary’s Church Nottingham
We’re delighted to invite you to Belters Choir ‘Sing at St Mary’s’ on Monday 16 December 2024, doors at 6:30pm, singing starts at 7:00pm.
SoBS Christmas Carol Concert
◦ When: Thursday, Dec 19th
◦ Where: St Mary’s Church Ilkeston
Join us for a festive evening filled with beautiful Christmas carols at the SoBS Christmas Carol Concert!
Festivities 4 Falestine
◦ When: Tuesday, Dec 17th
◦ Where: By Our Hands We Make Our Way
Join us for a festive evening on the 17th December across two venues with a jam packed line up of different genres and styles!
An evening of Christmas music with Highly Strung String Quartet
◦ When: Friday, Dec 20th
◦ Where: Southwell Library
We’re back at Southwell Library…two halves of Christmas classics – classical, jazz and pop – young & old tracks -something for everyone.
RIKULIVE X ANTISOCIAL SERVICES LAUNCH PARTY
◦ When: Friday, Dec 20th
◦ Where: Lace Bar
Not only is the 20th December a special date for you lot. But we’ve got huge announcements to be made leading up to the event.
Understanding&Responding to Domestic Violence&Abuse – City – Face to Face
◦ When: Tuesday, Dec 17th
◦ Where: Nottingham Mechanics
Understanding and Responding to Domestic Violence and Abuse
Write Queer Nottingham – December
◦ When: Monday, Dec 16th
◦ Where: Nottingham Central Library
Get ready to express yourself at Write Queer – a space for LGBTQ+ writers and allies to develop their writing or start out on their journey
Spearhead: Quests – December 2024
◦ When: Friday, Dec 20th
◦ Where: Warhammer World
Grab a Spearhead and head down to Warhammer World for a night of skirmish games set in the Mortal realms!
Last Resort – Nu Metal Tribute & Clubnight at The Hairy Dog (Derby)
◦ When: Friday, Dec 20th
◦ Where: The Hairy Dog
The UK’s biggest Nu-Metal Party returns to Derby for an Xmas Extravaganza
Business Breakfast – Darren Stanton – Body Language Expert – MABN
◦ When: Thursday, Dec 19th
◦ Where: Mansfield Town Football Club
Darren Stanton will be providing an interactive and educational presentation on understanding body language within your business
A Festival of Carols
◦ When: Saturday, Dec 21st
◦ Where: St Edmund’s Church, Holme Pierrepont Hall
The Neville Consort returns for a heart-warming concert of favourite Christmas music from the sacred to Santa
90s and 00s Oldskool Event
◦ When: Friday, Dec 20th
◦ Where: Billy Bootleggers Nottingham (formerly Percy Picklebackers)
90s and 00s UK Garage/RnB/Club Classics
Nottingham C.A.N Xmas Fundraiser
◦ When: Tuesday, Dec 17th
◦ Where: Mimm Studios
Nottingham C.A.N presents our Christmas Fundraiser showcasing a diverse range of performances from across our community projects
50s & 60s Singles Night | NOTTINGHAM
◦ When: Thursday, Dec 19th
◦ Where: Billy Bootleggers Nottingham (formerly Percy Picklebackers)
Meet lots of singles in real life, make friends, and enjoy our relaxed social at Billy Bootleggers, Nottingham. FREE drink before 7.30pm.
Bah Humbug!! Christmas with Beeston Big Band
◦ When: Thursday, Dec 19th
◦ Where: Sherwood United Reformed Church, Edwards Lane, Sherwood, Nottingham, UK
Get ready to groove with Beeston Big Band this Christmas and say “Bah Humbug” to all your worries!
Just Sing! Christmas Concert
◦ When: Tuesday, Dec 17th
◦ Where: Woodborough Village Hall
A fabulous evening of festive music and Christmas cheeer! As we sing, your heart will sing with Christmas joy!
Age of Sigmar Event: Ynadstra’s Yule-Time Harvest
◦ When: Saturday, Dec 21st
◦ Where: TSN Arena
2000 points of Age of SIGMAR. That’s 5 rounds of fun over 2 days in the best place with the best people!!!
Christmas Event with James Naish MP
◦ When: Thursday, Dec 19th
◦ Where: Framework Knitters Museum
Join us for a festive Christmas Event with James Naish MP, filled with holiday cheer and political discussions!