New Art Exchange and Market Square hold the Sow Good 2026 festival today

Morning Briefing: Saturday, 30th May

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GOBS Collective are taking over New Art Exchange today running a series of workshops, performances, and even a creative-bent on a clothes swap shop. This is all part of the Green Hustle Festival which is running today across Nottingham, highlighting community relationships, creative expression, and climate action initiatives.

There is a full day of activities at the Hyson Green art gallery today, with members of the spoken-word artist collective coordinating throughout. The full program is available on the GOBS Collective website but in includes: yoga in the morning which the events says will start the poetic inspiration; a clothes swap session with a poetry workshop inspired by the newly acquired threads; mini-zine making using recycled materials; many other writing sessions throughout the day.

Old Market Square is also a major venue for the festival. There will be music throughout the day. A "cosy dome" has been set up with organisations like Extinction Rebellion Nottingham, Experian, Nottingham Climate Assembly, and Nottingham Food Charter will be doing talks, amongst others.

The full line up of events can be found on their website.

The theme of the event aligns with the aims of the Green Hustle's Sow Good 2026 programme. The community interest group have been an action group in Nottingham since 2020 with ambitions to have an impact on the climate issues they've identified. Today's festival is one way raise awareness of the campaign. The group also offers interactive workshops for schools to teach sustainability as early as possible. Locals may also remember planters being installed around Sneinton Market, Broad Street, and Cobden Chambers, which were organised by the group too.