Arts and culture in Norfolk
events and venues
Festivals: In almost any month, there are wonderful festivals going on somewhere in Norfolk, not least the Norfolk and Norwich Festival, Britain's first arts festival which began in 1772. Influenced enormously by European immigrants, the N&N Festival has provided a well-trodden route for Norfolk to look to the Continent.
The coast boasts some fabulous family-fun festivals, including the Maritime Festival and Out There in Great Yarmouth, Crab & Lobster and carnivals in Cromer and Sheringham and the King's Lynn Festival and Festival Too in King's Lynn.
Exhibitions: From major public collections, such as Norwich Castle and the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, experimental art at Norwich Arts Centre or charming market town galleries, there are always scores of high quality exhibitions in towns and villages across the county.
Theatre and shows: There are a wide range of theatres across Norfolk, some of the biggest in Hunstanton, Great Yarmouth and Norwich. There are many summer shows, particularly at Great Yarmouth and at the Cromer Pavilion Theatre, the world's last end-of-pier theatre.
Norfolk live: Thetford Forest hosts a successful series of live outdoor concerts in the summer; other events take place on beaches and the stately homes of Norfolk regularly host outdoor classical and firework extravaganzas. Norwich has a thriving music scene, from marquee names at the University of East Anglia and the Theatre Royal to bars and pubs.