Nottingham’s charity music festival, Beat the Streets is returning for 2025 on the 26 January, after a successful event in 2024 that raised £89,500.
Launched in 2018, Beat the Streets became a staple in Nottingham’s calendar, the event is hosted across multiple venues and brings together over 100 talented local artists, transforming the city into a celebration of music.
Run by DHP, one of the UK’s leading entertainment companies, the festival raises vital funds for Framework, which is a Nottinghamshire-based charity dedicated to improving the lives of homeless individuals and rough sleepers.
Festival booker Joseph Patten expressed his excitement about this year’s line-up and said: “We are thrilled to announce our first wave of acts, we have got an incredible range of local talent, and we are so grateful to them for donating their time.
I hope the people of Nottingham will come out in full force to support this amazing cause and help us raise even more money for Framework.”
In September alone Framework’s team found 49 people sleeping rough in Nottingham in just one night increasing by 188% from last year.
With the charity constantly growing, Framework is also running a winter appeal to support their outreach teams and close the funding gap of £189,122.
This year, the event is expected to bring their total past the £500,000 milestone.
The line-up promises something for all the community, it features a diverse range of artists, including Evil Scarecrow, one of the UK’s leading heavy metal bands, alongside Jayhadadream, and Riding The Low, and over 20 other acts have also been confirmed.
The festival will be held across multiple iconic Nottingham venues, including Rock City, Rescue Rooms, The Bodega, and Rough Trade, and all the money raised will go directly to Framework.
Framework Chief Executive Andrew Redfern highlighted the growing challenges: “The homelessness crisis is worsening, and the number of people sleeping rough in Nottingham and elsewhere continues to rise.
So, the importance of funds raised at Beat the Streets to maintain our work with rough sleepers becomes even greater, however, a gap of £99,000 remains to be filled just to retain the outreach, housing support, and specialist workers who are needed to target those in need of help and get them housed.”
The money raised from tickets, bar, and merch goes directly to Framework, in 2023.
In 2023 the money helped build a block of eight purpose-built flats, in Forest Fields, named Atkinson House after the DHP Director George and Sean Atkin, this was in recognition of their ongoing support provided by the annual festival.
Brian Mutton service manager for Framework said: “Good quality, secure self-contained accommodation with appropriate support is needed for someone who has endured the dangers and challenges of sleeping rough to start putting their lives back together, speaking on behalf of our service users, may I say a heartfelt thank you to everyone involved in Beat the Streets.”
Beat the Streets is more than just a music festival, it’s a powerful show of what a community can achieve when it comes together to celebrate the local music scene and support those in need.
For more information visit: https://www.frameworkha.org
