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IACF Norfolk Antiques Fair
22nd-23rd March 3025
Venue: Norfolk Showground and Events Centre
Website: www.norfolkshowground.co.uk
Event stocked with timeless pieces and indoor and outdoor pitches
Surf!
28th March-1st January 2027
Venue: National Maritime Museum Cornwall
Website: www.nmmc.co.uk
Major exhibition celebrating a century of surfing in Cornwall
Sea Inside
7th June-21st September 2025
Venue: Sainsbury Centre
Website: www.sainsburycentre.ac.uk
Experimental contemporary artworks creating a unique oceanic experience
Cromer Pier Show 2025
28th June-20th September 2025
Venue: Cromer Pier
Website: www.cromerpier.co.uk
Celebrated and award-winning variety show
Big Summer Afternoon Tea
1st July-5th September 2025
Venue: Assembly House Norwich
Website: www.assemblyhousenorwich.co.uk
See the website for details
Summer Reading Challenge
5th July-30th September 2025
Venue: Norfolk Libraries
Website: www.readingagency.org.uk
Return of the annual reading challenge with this year's theme being Story Garden: Adventures in Nature and the Great Outdoors
Summer Circus and Water Spectacular
9th July-14th September 2025
Venue: Hippodrome, Great Yarmouth
Website: www.hippodromecircus.com
Britain's longest summer show
Vikings Family Event
16th July-7th September 2025
Venue: Ancient House Museum of Thetford Life
Website: www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk
Use your archaeological skills to explore a recreated archaeological excavation. Handle real historical artefacts and meet Viking costumed characters
Summer Discoery Trail
23rd July-3rd September 2025
Venue: Billingford Lakes
Website: www.billingfordlakes.co.uk
Kids go free and adults £5, New Let's Make Music, activity sheets £1 per child, play areas, wildlife hides, wood carvings, stunning views, lakeside café, giant deckchair, picture boards
Summer Fun at Mattishall Golf Club
23rd July-3rd September 2025
Venue: Mattishall Golf Club
Website: www.mattishallgoflclub.co.uk/indoor-mini-golf
9 hole fun and challenging indoor mini golf course
Summer Mega Maze
23rd July-3rd September 2025
Venue: Hirsty's Family Fun Park
Website: www.hirstysfamilyfunpark.co.uk
Giant maze made of maze - find the clues to the quiz and collect stickers on your journey to find the way out
Summer of Play at Horsey Windpump
23rd July-7th September 2025
Venue: Horsey Windpump
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/norfolk/horsey-windpump
Summer themed activities - see the website for details
Paulos Circus in Newquay
25th July-6th September 2025
Venue: Dairyland Farm Park
Website: www.paulos.co.uk
Circus performance
Cats
5th-6th September 2025
Venue: St Austell Arts Centre
Website: www.buytickets.at/bodminmusicaltheatrecompany
Performance of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical by Bodmin Musical Theatre Company
Anthony Gormley - Time Horizon
Venue: Houghton Hall
Website: www.houghtonhall.com
Large sclae installations across the grounds and in the house
Antony Gormley's Time Horizon
Venue: Houghton Hall
Website: www.houghtonhall.com
Large scale installations featuring 100 lifesize scultures distributed across 300 acres of the park
Autumnal Fun at Oxburgh Estate
Venue: Oxburgh Estate
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/norfolk/oxburgh-estate
Activities including a leaf challenge, welly wanging and more
Bare Bones
Venue: Time and Tide Museum
Address: Great Yarmouth,
Website: www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/time-tide
Exhibition inviting visitors of all ages to explore the beauty and secrets of animal skeletons
Bare Bones
Venue: Time and Tide Museum
Address: Blackfriars Road, Great Yarmouth
Website: https://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/time-tide/whats-on/bare-bones
This fascinating exhibition invites visitors of all ages to explore the beauty, and secrets, of animal skeletons. Skeletons help us understand how animals move, but they can tell us much more; these intricate...
Bayfield Hall Sculpture Trail
Venue: Bayfield Hall
Website: www.bayfieldhallsculpture.com
Sculpture trail featuring works by 45 artists from across the UK set in the private gardens of Bayfield Hall. Under 18s go free - see website for tickets
Circus and Water Spectacular
Venue: Hippodrome Circus,
Address: 43A St George's Road, Great Yarmouth
Website: www.hippodromecircus.com
Circus acts and the world famous water spectacular where the entire ring sinks to reveal a gigantic swimming pool
Cocomelon Song Time
Venue: Sea Life Great Yarmouth
Website: www.visitsealife.com/great-yarmouth
Join JJ and all the little ones from Melon Patch Academy to meet incredible animals and discover how to keep them safe in the oceans and find the missing words to complete the exclusive SEA Life song
Cromer Pier Show
Venue: Cromer Pier
Website: www.cromerpier.co.uk
Variety show with 8 metre wall, traditional scene sets, bespoke costumes, lighting effects and more
Cromer Pier Show 2022
Venue: Cromer Pier
Address: The Promenade, Cromer
Website: www.cromerpier.co.uk
Variety show with new guest stars every week. Visit the website to see the lineup
Dame Magdalene Odundo at Houghton Hall
Venue: Houghton Hall
Website: www.houghtonhall.com
Exhibition showcase existing and new works spanning Odundo's 30 year career
Dame Magdalene Odundo Exhibition
Venue: Houghton Hall
Website: www.houghtonhall.com
Showcase featuring both established pieces and new creations spanning Odundo's illustrious 30 year career
Dinosaurium: Reimagined Creatures
Venue: Time and Tide Museum
Website: www.timeandtidenorfolk.gov.uk
Family friendly exhibition taking a look at the long history of our relationship with dinosaurs with detailed models alongside memorabilia and fossils and specimens from their own collections
Dinosaurium: Reimagined Creatures
Venue: Time and Tide Museum
Website: www.timeandtide.norfolk.gov.uk
Family friendly exhibition looking at the long history of our relationship with dinosaurs
Discover Sharklife
Venue: Sealife Hunstanton
Website: www.visitsealife.com/hunstanton
Fun activitiy trail and challenges throughout the aquarium, enjoy visual games
Drawn to Water: Quentin Blake at WWT
Venue: Welney Wetland Centre
Address: Wisbech
Website: www.wwt.org.uk
Collect an illustrated guide full of Quentin's Blake's drawings and journey around the wetland as part of their summer events
Get Ready with Snap
Make your own finger puppet and explore the museum together, a self-led craft activity and trail for families. Every day at the Museum of Norwich during the summer holidays, Tuesday – Saturday, 10am...
Go Go Discover Trail
Venue: Various locations
Website: www.breakcharity.org.uk/gogodiscover
Family trail with dinosaur sculputres to find in Norwich and Norfolk
Hullaballoo
Venue: BeWILDerwood
Address: Horning Road, Hoveton, Norwich
Website: www.norfolk.bewilderwood.co.uk
Storytelling, craft, face painting and the Puzzling Park Trail
Keeping It Regal
Venue: Norwich
Website: www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/norwich-castle
City wide trail exploring what 'being regal' means to us today. Visit the website for a downloadable map
LAMB FEEDING AND LAMBING LIVE
Venue: Church Farm Stow Bardolph
Address: Lynn Road, Stow Bardolph
Website: www.churchfarmstowbardolph.co.uk
See the new lambs as well as lots of other baby animals being born during the spring
Making The Rounds: Stories of Workhouse Nurses Told In Textiles
Venue: Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse
Website: www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk
Family friendly exhibition taking a look at the long history of our relationship with dinosaurs with detailed models alongside memorabilia and fossils and specimens from their own collections
Nature Spy
Venue: Hoveton Hall Estate
Address: Hoveton
Website: www.hovetonestate.co.uk
Nature trail around the grounds
Norfolk and Norwich Festival
Venue: Various locations
Website: www.nnfestival.org.uk
Arts and cultural festival - see the website for more details
Parasquawks Flight of Very Fancy Colours
Venue: BeWILDerwood
Address: Horning Road, Hoveton, Norwich
Website: www.bewilderwood.co.uk
Spot the Parasquawks and run wild as a family with all the rather curious creatures in this very fanciful adventure
RETRO GAMES: A GAMING JOURNEY FROM ARCADE TO ZX SPECTRUM
Venue: Time and Tide Museum
Address: Time and Tide Museum of Great Yarmouth Life, Blackfriars’ Road, Great Yarmouth, NR30 3BX.
Website: www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/timetide/ whats-on/retro-games
Exhibition charting the rise of computer gaming from 80s to the present day with the chance to play games using vintage and contemporary technology.
Sean Scully at Houghton Hall
Venue: Houghton Hall
Website: www.houghtonhall.com
Exhibition at Houghton Hall
Spring Afternoon Tea
Venue: Assembly House
Website: www.assemblyhousenorwich.co.uk
Themed afternoon tea experience - see website for details
Spring's Blossoming at Blickling Estate
Venue: Blickling Estate
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/norfolk/blickling-estate
Celebration of spring flowers, birds and blossom with a family trail and other ways to explore spring in the House
Step Inside Oxburgh Hall
Venue: Oxburgh hall
Address: near Swaffham
Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/norfolk/oxburgh-estate
Eplore Oxburgh's ground floor showrooms, along with the Oxburgh Hangings, North Corridor and North Bedroom upstairs
Sunlight: Roger Ackling
Venue: Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery
Website: www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk
Exhibition of the artist's work prompting important conversations about the status of the object, the significance of material, the processes of making and the transformative power of display
The Singh Twins: Slaves of Fashion
Venue: Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery
Address: Castle Hill, Norwich,
Website: www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk
Exhibition exploring how the history of Indian textiles is a global story of Empire, conflict and luxury lifestyle which has contemporary relevance connnecting to ethical trade, consumerism and attitudes...
The Wizard of Oz Afternoon Tea at The Assembly House
Venue: Assembly House
Address: Norwich
Website: www.assemblyhousenorwich.co.uk
Themed afternoon tea experience - see website for details
Traditional or children's afternoon teas
Venue: Dobbies Garden Centre
Website: www.eventsdobbies.com
Afternoon tea options with unlimited tea and coffee refils
Walk Norfolk
Venue: Various locations
Website: www.pathmakers.org.uk
Access friendly walking fstival running throughout the month with a walk for everybody of all abilites. Find out more and sign up via the website
Wild Expeditions: Unearth the Past
Venue: Banham Zoo
Address: Banham
Website: www.zsea.org
Unlock the Mysteries of the Natural World, Extinction Trail, Dinosaur Ranger Experience