Norfolk & Norwich Festival

The Norfolk & Norwich Festival returns in 2026 with a huge variety of work staged in and around the city of Norwich for 17 days from 8 – 24 May.

Highlights include the Festival’s centrepiece circus show, which this year sees the return of Australian circus company Circa to the Spiegeltent with their ferocious and intense brand-new show Wolf.

Acclaimed organist James McVinnie will present a series of performances as part of a residency, while a collaboration with Norwich Jazz Festival features the vivid cultural fusion of Balimaya Project and a set from Manchester trio Gogo Penguin as they bring their powerful new album to life. Meanwhile, cult sensation Cowboy Junkies present a concert spanning 40 years of music-making at St Andrew’s Hall.

The classical music programme features the return of Britten Sinfonia with a concert celebrating the music of Benjamin Britten, a joining of forces between international opera star Roderick Williams and the Norwich Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, and a memorable production from pioneering musical collective Scottish Ensemble.

Balimaya Project