Hockley Hustle turns 20: what's on this October

Nottingham's Hockley Hustle is turning twenty, and it's doing it in the only way it knows how: by taking over half the neighbourhood for a day. The festival lands on Sunday 25 October, running from midday right through to midnight across more than 50 venues in Hockley and Sneinton, with around 500 acts and performances to choose from. It's a lot to take in, so it helps to know where the anniversary moments are tucked in.

The headline anniversary piece is the 70-piece UFO Orchestra playing at St Mary's Church on High Pavement, a medieval building with acoustics that do a lot of the work for you and room for up to 500 people. Around it, the festival keeps its old-school character going with a traditional Hockley Hustle parade of samba and stilts, and a Step N Groove R&B line-dancing flashmob that takes over Broad Street. If you want to get involved before the big day, there's a warm-up night at Brickworks on Saturday 24 October hosted by Channel One Sound System and Our Yard, and a Queer Hustle programme that puts the spotlight on local queer promoters.

For the film buffs, Broadway Cinema on Broad Street is the place to be in the run-up. On Tuesday 20 October at 7.45pm it screens 'Bunch of Kunst', the Sleaford Mods documentary, and in the days before the festival it runs a musical film programme and an exhibition, alongside an anniversary exhibition elsewhere. Broadway is more than just a venue here; it's one of the charities the festival supports.

Musically, the bill is as mixed as ever. JayaHadADream brings the grime, Cappo the hip-hop, and ROB.GREEN and Davina Songbird the soul, with Saffron Gray, Midnight Rodeo, Seas Of Mirth, 94 Gunships, Floral Pattern and Rainbow Frog Biscuits all in the mix. Over at the Metronome, the BBC Introducing phase gives a platform to Omari Marsalis, People Laughing, Tanuki Moon, LDYA, Sharp Class, HarveyLeo and Mollie Ralph. It's the kind of line-up that explains why the Hustle has sent on names like Jake Bugg and Sheku Kanneh-Mason in the past.

The best part is how the money works. A single wristband gets you into every venue, and a huge chunk of it goes straight to local causes. This year's target is £20,000, with £14 of every £20 wristband going to charities including Emmanuel House, IMPACD CIC, Al-Hurraya, Harley Trust, Young Carers Notts and Shifting your mindset. It's a lot of good doing for a day of music and art.

On price, it's worth booking ahead. Early bird tickets sit at £15 and student tickets at £9.99 plus fees, while buying on the day jumps to £25. The festival was born in 2006 as part of Oxjam, starting as a DIY affair with seven venues and a £1,000 budget, and it's since raised more than £250,000 for local charities. Twenty years on, it's still the same idea, just on a much bigger scale. Whether you're in it for the UFO Orchestra, the parade or just to wander between venues with a wristband, there's plenty to fill a Sunday in Nottingham.