Student Summer Arts Festival

Celebrate the end of the academic year with student music and theatre groups presenting free and ticketed events across University Park campus from Friday 12 to Thursday 18 June.

Friday 12 June

Coro Lunchtime Concert

1pm | Djanogly Recital Hall
Free admission, booking not required
Coro is an un-auditioned, all-voices choir. Exclusively student-led, we strive to facilitate the development of high quality singing in a warm and supportive environment.

Viva la Clarinets

5pm | Lakeside Arts Amphitheatre
Free admission, booking not required
Blowsoc’s Clarinets ensemble will be playing a variety of favourites by the lake in their final performance of the year. Expect funky arrangements, solos and a variety of clarinet classics!

A Concert Band Celebration

6pm | Lakeside Arts Amphitheatre
Free admission, booking not required
Blowsoc’s Concert Band will be playing a variety of our favourite pieces. Expect disco anthems and concert band classics against the backdrop of the lake.

Dear Evan Hansen

7.30pm | Wollaton Bluecoat Academy
Tickets from £12
Musicality presents their second show, Dear Evan Hansen, a Tony Award-winning musical about a high schooler with severe social anxiety who fabricates a friendship with a classmate who died by suicide.
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Saturday 13 June

Final Encore Concert Band

2pm | Holy Trinity Church, Lenton
Tickets from £5
Blowsoc’s final big concert of the year, featuring the fantastic Concert Band.
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Dear Evan Hansen

2.30pm & 7.30pm | Wollaton Bluecoat Academy
Tickets from £12
Musicality presents their second show, Dear Evan Hansen, a Tony Award-winning musical about a high schooler with severe social anxiety who fabricates a friendship with a classmate who died by suicide.
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100 Years of Student Theatre Gala

5pm | Djanogly Theatre, Lakeside Arts
Tickets £35
An unforgettable evening celebrating 100 years of student theatre at the University of Nottingham. This centenary gala showcases the theatre’s archives, unites current students with alumni, and looks to the future of the Nottingham New Theatre.
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Monday 15 June

An Evening with Moonlighters Big Band

5pm | Lakeside Arts Amphitheatre
Free admission, booking not required
Join Blowsoc’s Moonlighters Big Band as they treat you to an evening of jazz classics after their acclaimed Peggy’s Skylight performance.

A Night at the Opera

7.30pm | Djanogly Recital Hall
Free admission, booking not required
An evening of well-known opera scenes and orchestral interludes performed by Mussoc singers and instrumentalists. Featuring music by Verdi, Mahler, Mozart, and many more!


Wednesday 17 June

Saxophone Ensemble

11am | Djanogly Terrace, Portland Building
Free admission, booking not required
Follow the sunlight glinting on Blowsoc’s Saxophones on your way to the Portland Building as they take you through a delightful set of Saxes’ classics. Expect pop anthems, upbeat pieces and enthusiastic players.


Thursday 18 June

Musicality Performance

1.15pm | Djanogly Recital Hall
Free admission, booking not required
A short lunchtime concert of songs from Musicality’s recent showcase ‘A Night to Remember’.

A Jumping Jamboree

5pm | Lakeside Arts Amphitheatre
Free admission, booking not required
Enjoy an evening of funk, pop, jazz and soul with the Mussoc Jazz Orchestra. Get ready for an onslaught of grooving drums, relentless swing and a powerhouse array of musicians!

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