Music PR in Nottingham
Nottingham has one of the best independent city magazines in the country and a venue circuit that consistently develops artists. Both are central to a campaign here.
Campaigns run remotely across the UK. We do not need an office near you, and you should be sceptical of anyone charging you as though they do.
Nottingham is a genuinely good city for a developing artist, and an under-rated one. LeftLion is among the strongest independent city magazines in Britain, the venue circuit is well-connected, and there is an established route from the small rooms up to real touring support.
The gap is national attention. The East Midlands gets less national music coverage than any comparable region, which means a Nottingham campaign should invest properly in local and regional coverage first and use it as the foundation for the national approach.
Nottingham media
Nottingham and East Midlands media.
Independent Nottingham magazine with excellent music coverage and a large, genuinely engaged local readership.
Regional Introducing with a good record on local artists.
Local television with regular cultural coverage.
Long-standing community station, strong on urban and Black music.
Regional press with broad reach.
Large student audience and a genuine early-support route.
Festival programming that provides useful campaign pegs.
Local outlets sit alongside the national and genre-specific targets on your list. Coverage is never guaranteed anywhere.
The Nottingham circuit
Venues are not press, but a campaign that ignores them is missing half the story. Where you have played tells an editor more about you than any adjective in a press release.
Rescue Rooms and Rock City sit at the centre of the city's live scene, Rock City being one of the most storied mid-size venues in Britain. The Bodega serves the small-to-mid range and is the usual proving ground for developing bands. Metronome is a newer, well-equipped room with broad programming. JT Soar is the DIY and punk heart of the city. The Chameleon covers the very early stage and the more experimental end. Dot to Dot each May and Splendour in the summer are the two most useful timing pegs in the local calendar.
What we tell Nottingham artists
LeftLion coverage is worth more than most artists expect. It is genuinely well read locally, it is taken seriously by regional promoters, and it gives a national pitch something concrete to point at. Build the local foundation first — in the East Midlands the national press will not come to you, so the campaign has to arrive with evidence.
What a Nottingham campaign costs
The same published price as everywhere else. £695 for a single, everything below included.
Strongest genres in Nottingham
Where the city's media and circuit give a campaign the most to work with.
Releasing from Nottingham?
Tell us the track, the date and the rooms you have played. We will tell you what a campaign could realistically do with it.