Fat Digester 30th Anniversary Yard Party

About this event

Event overview

🎵 Fat Digester – 30th Anniversary Yard Party, with very special guests

📅 Saturday 13th June 2026, 1pm ‘til late

📍 Castle Rock Brewery Yard & The Old Cold Store (next to The Vat & Fiddle pub), Queensbridge Road, Nottingham, NG2 1NB

🍺 Exclusive anniversary beer; indoor and outdoor bars

🍔 Food available

All the details

Fat Digester – Nottingham’s much-loved and longest continually-running groove collective – are celebrating an incredible 30 years of music, community and dancefloor energy with a special anniversary event at Castle Rock Brewery Yard and The Old Cold Store.

Formed in the 1990s, Fat Digester has built a strong reputation as one of Nottingham’s most enduring, dynamic and popular live acts. Known for their explosive fusion of funk, soul, hip-hop, dub, jazz and Latin influences, the band has spent three decades filling venues, festival tents and dancefloors across the UK and beyond.

The 30th Anniversary Yard Party will bring together a wide range of artists, collaborators and long-time friends of the band to create a spectacular showcase of the community spirit at the heart of Fat Digester.

There’ll be a large outdoor stage in Castle Brewery Yard, with all bands playing outside (weather-permitting!) from 2:30pm. Former Fat Digester guitarist and songwriter, Mark Blant, will play a solo set inside The Old Store as people arrive. The inside venue will also be used for merchandise sales and some fun nostalgia trips with decor, photos and projections celebrating 30 years of the Fats, plus an after-party DJ set to keep the celebrations going until midnight. 

Line-up and provisional set times

Inside:

• 2pm to 2:30pm Mark Blant – chilled out acoustic solo guitar set
• 10:30pm to midnight Inity HiFi Sound System – DJ set spinning reggae, dub and dancehall

Outside: 

• 2:30pm to 3pm The Sherwins – 60s inspired melodic rock
• 3:30pm to 4pm Stinking Rita – jazz and blues-infused experimentation
• 4:30pm to 5:15pm LICK – a jukebox packed with danceable hits
• 5:45pm to 6:30pm FAT DIGESTER – ‘the early years,’ 1990s / 2000s lineup
• 7pm to 7:45pm Sun & Moon – cool summer jazz and soul vibes
• 8:15pm to 9pm The Hoplites – soulful ska and reggae from a Nottingham favourite
• 9:30pm to 10:15pm FAT DIGESTER – closing set, marking the last 30 years