More than 30 acts have now been announced for Nottingham’s Beat The Streets festival – with the charity fundraiser taking place next month.

The multi-venue event annually raises significant funds for Nottinghamshire homelessness charity Framework will take place on Sunday, January 26, 2025.

It’s set to be a landmark year for the festival with the total raised for across all seven events expected to top the £500,000 milestone.

Returning to Beat The Streets are Evil Scarecrow, one of the UK’s foremost heavy metal bands. More than just a metal gig, an Evil Scarecrow show is a piece of rock theatre unlike anything seen before. From the local pub to holding their own on the main stage at Bloodstock Festival, it has grown bigger, louder and sillier each year.

Nottingham-based rapper Jayahadadream is also confirmed following a stellar year which saw the artist play Glastonbury after winning the festival’s 2024 Emerging Talent Competition.

Riding The Low is the musical side project of actor Paddy Considine and they will kick off 2025 at Beat The Streets. Originally hailing from Burton, Paddy is one of the UK’s best actors who recently starred in Game of Thrones: House of the Dragon, but his first acting break came in Nottingham director Shane Meadows’ film A Room for Romeo Brass. His musical venture comes to life with a visceral and immersive live set, which will also take to Download Festival stages next year.

The other confirmed artists are Adam Zareba, Airport Dad, commons, Davoli, Dring, Familyfriend., Headsticks, Highspeed Peach, Isaac Bloomfield, James Gooch, Jude Kirk, Kaliko, ktlyle, King Blonde, Leah Wilcox, Lydia Brooks, Molly Ralph, Purple Hat Mob, Raining Blue, Revenge of Calculon, Sleep in Motion, Stained Glass, Swallowtail, The Harbours, The Hoplites, The Publics, Ujahm, Wedding Band and Zach Thrasher.

Festival booker Joseph Patten said: “We’ve got an amazing range of incredible local talent on board to support the event and Framework who are doing vital work with the money we raise. We’re so grateful to them for giving us their time and talent to perform, and we hope the people of Nottingham will show up like they usually do to help raise even more money for Framework.”

The festival will take place across major venues in the city centre including Rock City, Rescue Rooms, The Bodega and Rough Trade with all proceeds from tickets, bar, and merch going directly to Framework.

Each year the money raised at Beat The Streets plays a vital part in maintaining support for rough sleepers in Nottingham.  In October, the Street Outreach Team found 49 people sleeping rough in just one night—a staggering 188 percent increase from last year. With the need growing, Framework is running a Winter Appeal to save their Street Outreach teams to urgently plug a funding shortfall of £189,122.

DHP Family MD George Akins said: “Since starting Beat The Streets in 2018, the money we’ve raised to support Framework has gone towards some great projects that everyone at DHP has been incredibly proud to help fund.

“This year’s event is more than likely going to bring our grand total past the £500,000 milestone and we look forward to celebrating that, alongside the Nottingham music community, in January.”

Framework Chief Executive Andrew Redfern said: “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 ever greater.”

The 2023 festival helped fund the build of a block of eight purpose-built flats in Forest Fields, now named Akins House after DHP directors George and Sean Akins, in recognition of the ongoing support provided by the annual festival.

Now housing a number of long-term rough sleepers, the Framework service manager for the flats, Brian Mutton, explains the life changing impact of the accommodation on its residents.

Brian said: “Good quality, secure, self-contained accommodation with appropriate support is needed to help someone who has endured the dangers and challenges of rough sleeping to start putting their lives back together.

“That is what we are able to provide at Akins House and it is life-changing.  Speaking on behalf of our service users, may I say a heartfelt thank you to everyone involved in Beat the Streets – from artists to audiences.”

The charity works to turn around the lives of people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness across the East Midlands, providing housing, health, employment support, and care services to people with a diverse range of needs. To find out more about the brilliant work Framework do head to www.frameworkha.org

Beat The Streets tickets giving access to all participating venues throughout the whole day are available now for the minimum donation of £15. Additional donations can be made at the time of purchase.

You can but tickets now here: https://www.alttickets.com/beat-the-streets-tickets