Hockley Hustle 2026 — 20 years of hustling. Sunday 25 October 2026.
A multi-venue music + arts festival.
Hundreds of artists. One wristband.
The day
Sun 25 Oct
Midday till late. Swap your ticket for a wristband at Broadway Cinema on the day.
All for charity
Our 2026 target
£1,000of £20,000
raised for local charities
Every wristband is a donation — and you can add a bit extra when you buy.
One wristband
How to Hustle
Explore
50 venues
Your wristband gets you into every one: bars, pubs, cinemas, chapels, galleries and more.
Discover
500 acts
Notts talent from rock, jazz and samba to poetry, bingo and performance art.
Support
6 charities
Every wristband raises money for local charities.
One day, fifty venues
What's on
UFO Orchestra + guests
A 70-piece orchestra in St Mary's Church, with guests. That's it, that's the sell.
Queer Hustle
Eight LGBTQIA+ crews and the biggest queer programme we've ever put on. What a load of JOY.
Step N Groove
R&B line dancing workshops all day, then a world-record flashmob attempt. Crap at dancing? Come along anyway!
20 Years exhibition
Two decades of posters, photos and stories at Broadway Cinema, all week from 19 October.
Music on film
A special music film programme at Broadway in the lead-up. Popcorn first, gigs after.
The Hustle Parade
Streets full of samba, stilts and whatever else turns up. The biggest parade we've done yet.
Channel One Sound System
The warm-up: Saturday 24 October with Our Yard and Brickworks. Bring earplugs, lose them immediately.
Hustle alumni
Did you know...
Sleaford Mods, Jake Bugg, Natalie Duncan and Myles Smith all played the Hustle before they were household names. Last year, our 500 student tickets sold out in advance. Join us in championing grassroots artists, independent venues and the local music community.
Every wristband
Where the money goes
£250,000
raised for local charities over 20 years of hustling.
Every wristband raises money for local charities. Let's raise as much as possible this year.
What the press say
“There are community festivals and then there is Hockley Hustle.”
“I felt engaged, at home, and included.”
“Nothing short of staggeringly impressive.”
“An absolute fixture in our diary, Hockley Hustle is as thunderously-successful as it has ever been.”
10/10
Every venue surveyed would host us again
91%
of festival-goers rated the day 4 or 5 stars
42%
of last year's crowd came for the first time
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