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Overview

Businesses, organisations and individuals intending to provide certain types of regulated entertainment are required to obtain a licence. This ensures compliance with regulations and contributes to a safe and enjoyable environment for all.

Types of Regulated Entertainment

The types of regulated entertainment include:

  • Provides recorded music, a performance of a play or a dance to an audience of more than 500 people,
  • An indoor sporting event to more than 1,000 spectators
  • Showing a film
  • Conducting boxing or wrestling events, whether indoors or outdoors.
  • Presenting live or recorded music performances.
  • Performance of play or dance
  • Offering entertainment between 11PM and 8AM;
  • Provides recorded music to an audience on premises not licensed for the sale or supply of alcohol;

Places Requiring a Licence

Regulated entertainment licences may be necessary for various establishments, including:

  • Shops, offices and factories
  • Hairdressers and beauty salons
  • Cinemas and theatres
  • Hotels and guesthouses
  • Restaurants, café, pubs, bars and nightclubs
  • Sports Grounds and Facilities (e.g., Bowling Alleys)
  • Gyms and other health facilities
  • Churches and halls
  • Public transport

Note: Qualifying members’ clubs (Royal British Legion, working men’s clubs, rugby clubs) must apply for a Club Premises Certificate if they plan to sell or supply alcohol.

Further information on Entertainment Licensing

Contact us

Licensing Manager
Humber Building
Eastcroft Depot
London Road
Nottingham
NG2 3AH

General.Licensing@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

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