Uplifting stories for Norfolk and Suffolk
For anyone thinking about how to keep children entertained, Castle Quarter has announced a sporty programme of free summer events throughout August, to celebrate the Paris Olympics. Norwich’s leading social, leisure and lifestyle destination is offering visitors a packed programme of free activities for summer 2024, helping to keep everyone entertained, boredom at bay and […]
The eleventh annual Hempstead Arts Exhibition and Sale returns to Hempstead-by-Holt for another year and is bigger than ever before. The exhibition, which takes place on Saturday 31st August 2024 and Sunday 1st September 2024, will be held at Hempstead-by-Holt Village Hall in north Norfolk. The exhibition this year has attracted over 200 exhibits created by more […]
Norwich-Brielle Voices present a programme of works dating from the Renaissance to the Baroque era. Behind the glorious music lies the turbulent, and often intertwined, religious history of the two countries from the 15th to the 17th centuries - which brought the Strangers from the Low Countries to Norwich. The choir results from friendships formed […]
ROLL UP, ROLL UP FOR A DAY OF BIKES, BARBER-CUE AND BEER’DS AT CAPTAIN FAWCETT’S EMPORIUM IN KING’S LYNN! After last year’s storming success, it’s back and bigger than ever! What? A stupendous gathering of all who love life on two wheels! When? SATURDAY 31st AUGUST 11am-5pm Where? CAPTAIN FAWCETT HQ Friesian Way King’s Lynn PE30 4JQ […]
People imagine that gardens are over by now but there is still plenty of glorious colour and variety in the gardens open for the National Garden Scheme in September. You can enjoy a special mid-week evening visit with the head gardener at the spectacular walled garden at Holkham, there is an unusual garden full of […]
Fairhurst Gallery is delighted to welcome Maria Belderbos and Freya Carlton - winners of the Holt Art Festival - Sworders Emerging Artist Prize 2023. Freya Carlton is a young artist currently studying Furniture and Product Design at Nottingham Trent University. She focuses her work on creating miniature worlds that pop out of the frame, utilising light to bring her art […]
A full and packed programme is in place for the first Bungay Folk Festival with Sam Kelly and Jamie Francis, Solana and The Shackleton Trio headlining various venues across the weekend. Well known French music band Xim will close the festival with a French Bal on the Sunday evening in Bungay Community Centre. Most of the other events will […]
Foodies Festival returns to Earlham Park, Norwich, from 6th – 8th September, with brand new features and a star-studded line-up of celebrity chefs and chart-topping music stars, including: Scouting For Girls, Sister Sledgeand the exhilarating Symphonic Ibiza Orchestra with live vocals and DJ. Known as Gastro-Glastonbury, the three-day event will feature live cooking demonstrations from TV celebrities and chefs drawn from the […]
The Wild Walls Festival is an exciting four-week street art programme in Ipswich, beginning on Friday 6th September. The mainly free programme will bring an early autumn creative buzz to the town with plenty of family-friendly things to do. The festival will also bring what is believed to be one of the biggest murals in […]
A festival of outdoor activities to celebrate The Brecks will take place from 7 to 22 September 2024. Over 50 events, many of which will be free, will celebrate the fifth and final year of The Brecks’ Fen Edge & Rivers Landscape Partnership Scheme. From accessible walks around the River Lark to yoga, from identifying […]
Stonham Barns Park, one of Suffolk’s premier leisure, retail and holiday destinations, is staging a massive Saxon & Viking Festival on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 September for families and history lovers from all over the region. The show was not staged last year and so the return to Stonham Barns Park is expected to attract a mega crowd. […]
Saturday 07 & Sunday 08 September - 10am-4.30pm Price - Free Suitable for: All Discover the rich history of Great Yarmouth from the Ice Age to the present day and take a closer look at its maritime and fishing heritage and some of the colourful characters who made their living from the sea. Housed in […]
