Can't Stand The Rain

Notts is actually a breeding ground for musical talent and I gotta be honest I’ve been SLEEPING on the city I’m from 🤯🔥👀 There’s a real beauty to jobs like these and ATR said it best I can’t lie I won’t even butcher it I’ll just quote it directly “The community were so welcoming and full of energy, beautiful souls and artists that unified yesterday to share and express their hustles, creativity and passion” The mans a wordsmith I know Can’t Stand The Rain really really did the business at Hockley Hustle & I caught it all on camera to prove it 😮‍💨🎥🎶 Massive shouts to everyone involved on the night and since. If there’s one thing I take from this it’s being more aware of the talent that’s right on my doorstep!!! It’s nice to scroll through the timeline and see it packed with talented people from all over the globe but it makes it easy to forget how much beauty there is on the paths you walk every single day This one definitely taught me to pick my head up and look around sometimes Notts to the fucking world you know 🔥🌎 @ej_imho @woke_eye @iamsaffrongray The man on cam 🫡📸 @_maltby @wominicdilson

🚨 BIG ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 Sunday night on @bbc1xtra , CSTR founder @_lemoneye had the honour of announcing the Can’t Stand The Rain competition winner — @thecourtneymusic ✨🎙️ Her track ‘Just Stay’ just made its 1Xtra debut, and she’s about to make her CSTR debut this Friday!🔥 Catch her LIVE opening at the SOLD-OUT night for @shaesuniverse at 📍@mimm.studios Listen back to the moment + see the competition entry that got her here! 🎶🎧

Shaé Universe made her CSTR Nottingham debut and what a night it was! We sat down after the show with @shaesuniverse and her guitarist @matt.gudgeon.music to talk about their incredible synergy on stage and the collective energy in the room - you had to be there! A big thank you to our CSTR family for making this night unforgettable and big love to @mimm.studios and @notts_can for making the Let’s Build Fam series possible🙏🏾 Stay tuned as we take you behind the scenes with the artists and relive the night! If you missed out or simply want in on future events! Join our mailing list & become part of the CSTR community - there’s so much more coming from us this year😉 Join Us For More Good Vibes Throughout This Year🔗Link In Bio!

Building the Scene Together + Promoter Round Table Talk | Saturday Workshops 🗣️ 🧱 11:00-11:30 + 14:00-14:30 - Building the Scene Together: What’s Missing and What’s Next? Join HH Industry Weekend Producer and Founder of @behindcloseddoors.unlocked + @cantstandtherain__ Cherelle for a series of open community conversations with Nottingham’s creative scene. What’s missing? What’s working? What could we build together next? Drop into the discussion, share your thoughts, and help shape ideas that will feed into creating what’s next for Nottingham’s creative scene beyond the Industry Weekend! ⭕️ 11:30-13:00 - Promoter Round Table Talk We’ll be joined by a whole bunch of Nottingham’s brilliant promoters for a collective conversation on the impact of community on artists and venues. This discussion, led by the Hustle Collective, is about moving forward as a scene together in a critical time for artists, venues and facilitators. Good stuff! Tickets available via the @eventbrite link above! Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd March 2026 | @1fishergatepoint 📍 🫶 @hockleyhustle @ladiesmusicpub @aceagrams

The full lineup’s locked but the open mic spots are still waiting for you! This Saturday CSTR have teamed up with @behindcloseddoors.unlocked to bring @saffronmusicc & @iamsaffrongray on ONE lineup - we can’t wait🔥 Two hometown queens, two unique vibes. First time sharing the stage?! 4:30PM WOMEN’S OPEN MIC Perform LIVE with @kayahhazell BBC 1Xtra Producer in the room. Your moment. Don’t miss it. 7:45PM LIVE PERFORMANCES + OPEN MIC PT.2 Open to the creative scene. Poets, singers, rappers your time. 📍New Art Exchange Sat 28 June FREE Entry 🎟️ Event Tickets in BCD Bio Open Mic Sign-Up → Link landing - LIMITED SPOTS✨ See you there👌🏾😌

Nottingham!! 🥹🖤 Looking back at our SOLD-OUT event with @shaesuniverse last Friday, we want to send a massive THANK YOU to the Can’t Stand The Rain community for an unforgettable night✨ It was a night of intention and love - and you truly showed up and showed out. We couldn’t have asked for a better audience to celebrate all the talent on show! Swipe to relive the vibes ↪️ 📍 @mimm.studios 📸 @fotos.bydan

Are you a fan of the music scene in Nottingham and looking to have a good night out? Then you @cantstandtherain__ next event could be what you’re looking for!🎶 On Friday 28 March, We visited @mimm.studios for can’t stand the rain’s Q+A and performance night with shae Universe and local artists! For more information on future events, visit @cantstandtherain__ #nottingham

🚨SHIFTING YOUR MINDSET 🚨 Our International Women’s Month spotlight was about giving back to our community and highlighting the amazing work and talent of women-led organisations throughout Nottingham. For this spotlight we connected with community led organisation @shiftingyourmindset_ We met up with Mutsa to talk about the work the organisation does and gift TWO FREE concert tickets to @shiftingyourmindset_ team because we believe in supporting local heroes like Mutsa who are making a difference in Nottingham - and deserve some respite!🫂 It’s important that we pour back into those that pour into the very fabric of the city - speak with your local community led organisations and find out what it is you can do to support big or small! Join us and the Shifting Your Mindset team TONIGHY for an unforgettable night as we welcome @shaesuniverse for her SOLD OUT Nottingham show✨

🚨 GIVEAWAY ALERT 🚨 We visited Rowan who’s just taken over @societythirteen a tattoo studio on Mansfield Road! We’re keeping the International Women’s Month vibes going by teaming up with amazing women-led businesses! What’s better than new tattoos, TWO FREE concert tickets, to show them off😝 Come and support Rowan who will be running Society Thirteen from here on out!! We have 2 FREE TICKETS to see @shaesuniverse live in Nottingham - waiting for the FIRST person who: Books in & says “Can’t Stand The Rain” at checkout in person or online 👉 Society 13 will collect your details & share them with us 👉 Don’t forget to follow @societythirteen , @cantstandtherain__ & @rowan_tattoo we’re only giving these tickets to someone who’s locked in with us 💛 This is your ONLY chance to enjoy a free night out, because we’re completely SOLD OUT for the CSTR event on the 28th March. First come, first served 😉

We caught up with @veeadu to hear about the soulful vibes she’s bringing to our Let’s Build Fam takeover this Friday - think Erykah Badu, Stevie Wonder energy 😌🔥 We can’t wait to welcome her for her CSTR stage debut! 🎟 SOLD OUT! See you there. Full lineup: @shaesuniverse @mollyinthemetro @veeadu @alfiesharp @its.yinka 📍 @mimm.studios 🗓 Friday, 28th March ⏰ 7:30pm - Late

Big love to @djnico_d and the @975kemetfm team for having me on air to talk all things @cantstandtherain__ takeover for Let’a Build Fam! Catch a glimpse of our chat about the competition and what’s going down this Friday, March 28th! I’ve been listening to @shaesuniverse since 2016, so curating this lineup and bringing her to my hometown feels special! 💛 Huge shoutout to @mimm.studios @notts_can and the @aceagrams for backing grassroots events like this. It wasn’t a big brand or an established company that put this lineup together - it was me, as an independent grassroots promoter, bringing a vision to life with their support! Head over to @cantstandtherain__ to see who won our competition - announced last night on BBC 1Xtra 😉🏆 Big up @kayahhazell 🤎 & Of Course, Shoutout The Incredible Homegrown Talent Making This Night Unforgettable: ✨ @itsriddla ✨ @veeadu ✨ @mollyinthemetro ✨ @alfiesharp ✨ @its.yinka P.S. Only one ticket left!! Who’s grabbing it? 👀🔥

🚨 GIVEAWAY 🚨 We’re super excited to feature @lilac.eatery as our latest business to spotlight for international women’s month – one of thee tastiest brunch kitchens in Notts🤤 We’re giving one lucky foodie a chance to experience a brunch paired with Two FREE concert tickets to see @shaesuniverse live in Nottingham on the 28th March - waiting for the FIRST person who: 🟣Pops into Lilac and enjoys their favourite brunch dish!🥞 🟣 Says “Can’t Stand The Rain” when they pay 👉Lilac will take your details and snap a pic 👉Don’t forget to follow @lilac.eatery & @cantstandtherain__ —we’re only giving these tickets to those locked in with us 💛 PSA: ALL Q&A + Evening tickets are SOLD OUT - for your chance to still attend the Q&A pull up to Lilac😉 …Stay tuned for our behind the scenes chat with co-owner Gemma! 🎥💬