The Norfolk Coast Guide to the Big Events & What's on in 2023
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Snettisham Nature ReserveMon09Oct2023Wed31Jan2024
The dawn flight of up to 40,000 pink-footed geese that make their way from Iceland and Greenland to gather on the The Wash in one of the best nature spectacles in Europe.. The arrival of the Pink-footed Geese in Snettisham has come to herald the start of the Autumn and Winter season for many bird-watchers and nature lovers.
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2pm & 7pmThursford NorfolkWed08Nov2023Sat23Dec2023
The Thursford Christmas Spectacular returns in 2023 on Wednesday 8th November and has become one of the most anticipated festive events in East Anglia, having attracted audiences from across the country since opening on Christmas Eve 1977. Fantastic sets and colour, the choreography, the singing and dancing, and a very special ‘Christmassy’ atmosphere. The show has a 130-strong cast and has a budget of £1.8m, and there is so much happening on the huge stage that it is hard to decide what to focus on. The overall effect is quite breath-taking.
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5.30pm -7.30pmSheringham Station, Norfolk NR26 8RAFri10Nov2023Mon01Jan2024
The North Norfolk Railway will be transformed into The Norfolk Lights Express on selected evenings from November right through until January 2024. The railway version of the Northern Lights will see trains decorated with multi-coloured lights gliding through the winter darkness from Friday 10th November 2023.
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Various LocationsSat11Nov2023Sat16Dec2023
All the best Norfolk Christmas markets happening along the coast this November and December including Sandringham Gift Fair, Holkham, Pensthorpe, South Creake and many more
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4:30 pmSandringham House, Kings Lynn, NorfolkSat11Nov2023Sun24Dec2023
Sandringham Luminate is a spectacular, illuminated trail, full of wonder and intrigue, to delight and enthral your senses.
As darkness descends, join us on our enchanting journey, as we weave a captivating light trail through the stunning, historic gardens of the late Queen's country home. Immerse yourself in our mesmerising mile long walk with stunning new elements, added to re-amaze you for this winter event in 2023.
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VariesNorfolk Showground Dereham Road Norwich NR5 0TTFri17Nov2023Wed03Jan2024
Winter Wonderland is back for its second year at the Norfolk Showground, on the outskirts of the city, and it will be open from Friday, November 17 2023 until Wednesday, January 3 2024.
During term time, it will be open from 4pm to 9pm Monday to Thursday and 4pm to 10pm on Fridays, 11am to 10pm on Saturdays and 11am to 8pm or 9pm on Sundays.
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Holkham Hall, NorfolkSat25Nov2023Mon01Jan2024
Celebrate the magic of Christmas at Holkham from the end of November in 2023 with a Candlelight Tour of the Hall and Christmas Fair. See each stateroom beautifully adorned with sweet-scented pine trees, greenery, sparkling decorations, and twinkling lights. Each room will have its own theme and your guide will tell you all about the inspiration behind each magical setting.
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12:15 pmFakenham Racecourse, FakenhamTue19Dec2023
Wrap up warm for this great outdoor event held on Tuesday 19th the Fakenham Races Christmas meeting in December.
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11am - ParadeOasis, Central Promenade, Hunstanton PE36 5BDMon25Dec2023
The Hunstanton Christmas Day Swim with everyone taking the plunge at 11am on Sunday 25th December at the town's central promenade. This is one of Norfolk biggest events over the festive season with hundreds of people taking part.
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12:45 pmFakenham Racecourse, Fakenham NorfolkTue02Jan2024
What better way to blow away the cobwebs and start a New Year than a day at the races. This is the nearest 'jump' track for over a hundred miles for many.
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8:00 amKNETTISHALL HEATH , ThetfordSat20Jan2024
The Peddars Way Ultra Marathon on Saturday 20 January 2024 starts in Suffolk at Knettishall Heath Country Park and follows the route of the ancient Roman road for 48 miles (77 Km) to Holme-next-the-Sea on the north Norfolk coast meeting the Norfolk Coast Path at Holme-next-the-Sea.
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11:00 amWalsingham Abbey, Little WalsinghamNR22 6BPMon22Jan2024Thu29Feb2024
For an evocative winter walk head to Walsingham Abbey in Norfolk which will open for the Snowdrop walks from Monday 22nd January 2024. This is where snowdrops cast a new light upon the crumbling stone of the old abbey. This is a perfect spot, tucked away with a beautiful stream which can run fast and high. Glorious hellebores and aconites as well as the carpets and carpets of snow drops. Walsingham Abbey is in the centre of the village of Little Walsingham.
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Afternoon and EveningsTuesday Market Place, Kings Lynn, PE30 1AXTue13Feb2024Sat24Feb2024
The Kings Lynn Mart provisional return date Tuesday 13th February 2024. Traditionally the opening to the travelling season, King's Lynn Mart has a special place in the hearts of the travelling show people.
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10:00 amBeeston Common Sheringham NorfolkSat30Mar2024
Vikings once struck terror into the hearts of the inhabitants of our shores, but their return to north Norfolk will be very much welcomed. Plans have been drawn up to stage Sheringham's Scira Viking Festival - which culminates in the burning of a model long ship. Provisional dates will see this event return on 30th March 2024..
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13;20pmRacecourse, Fakenham NR21 7NYMon01Apr2024
For many the odds on favourite way to finish off the Easter weekend. Expect to find a big crowd, a festival of picnics and a great atmosphere as everyone tries to beat the bookies! Some big races attract runners from all over the country.
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11:00 amCliff Parade, Hunstanton PE36 6BQSat06Apr2024
in 2023 around 50 home-built karts took part with karts with karts racing down the streets of Hunstanton on the first weekend of the Easter school holiday and marked 70 years since the first Soap Box Derby was held in Hunstanton in 1953.(more…)
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10am-6pmSandringham Estate, Norfolk PE35 6ENFri26Apr2024Mon29Apr2024
Sandringham Food, Craft and Wood festival returns on the first May Bank Holiday weekend on the 26th April through to Monday 29th Gates open at 10am.
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10am - 5pmSandringham House PE35 6ENSun26May2024
The Pageant of Motoring’ commencing on the 26th May 2024 will showcase seven decades of motoring supported by live music and aerial displays alongside a variety of culinary delights and a craft & vintage fair. The event is a celebration of motoring throughout the decades combined with aerial displays and live music throughout the day.
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10:00 amHoughton Hall, NorfolkMon27May2024Tue28May2024
The Houghton Horse Trials from incorporating the FEI Nations Cup has it all; exhilarating sporting action, a spectacular setting, entertainment for young and old, plus shopping at over 70 trade stands.
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10:00 amThe Quay, Kings LynnSat01Jun2024Sun02Jun2024
An action-packed weekend of speedboat and jetski racing is set to return on the 1st & 2nd June 2024 to a historic Norfolk waterfront at King's Lynn.
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First Race 2pmFakenham Racecourse, Norfolk NR21 7NYSun02Jun2024
Fashion, food and having a flutter – it has to be the annual Fakenham Races Ladies Day on the 2nd June 2024 with the flag dropping for the first race at 2.30pm. A key date in the Norfolk calendar, thousands of people stream through the gates to witness the thunder of steeds bearing down on the finish line and the roar of the crowds interspersed with the popping of corks and the rumble of conversation as visitors enjoy the day. One of the most exciting horse racing fixtures, the all-important Ladies Day fashion at Fakenham is as dramatic as the live horse racing.
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7.30am TideBurnham Overy Staithe & North Norfolk CoastSat08Jun2024
The Norfolk Superhero Challenge will now not take place on the 8th June 2024, The event is a unique quadrathlon event that has raised huge sums for local charities. The Norfolk Superhero Challenge combined courses across land and sea, centred around the coastal village of Burnham Overy Staithe. More than 130 resilient racers take on the best of Norfolk’s scenery – and the worst of its weather – before crossing the line in a gruelling quadrathlon
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10:00 amBradmoor Woods, West Acre, NorfolkThu04Jul2024Sun07Jul2024
Taking place on the first weekend in July 2024 in the heart of Norfolk near to the village of West Acre, the "Folk in a Field Festival" brings together a diverse mix of performers from the acoustic, folk and roots music scene. The rural setting of the festival, surrounded by woodland, contributes to a real "get away from it all" vibe in which to enjoy some great music, take in interesting craft demonstrations or sample local food.
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9:00 amHolkham Hall Holkham Road Wells-next-the-Sea NR23 1ABSat06Jul2024Sun07Jul2024
The UK's most beautiful triathlon! The weekend is about as close to a triathlon festival as you can get. Stunning grounds, camping, food, events, family activities and more.
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9:00 amSandringham Estate Sandringham Norfolk PE31 6AZWed31Jul2024
The 141st Sandringham Flower Show opens on Wednesday 31st July 2024. The Sandringham Flower Show is one of the most prestigious horticultural events in the East of England. Set in the magnificent surroundings of Sandringham Park with Sandringham House and Sandringham Church as a backdrop, this one-day Show attracts around 20,000 visitors each year.(more…)
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Wells-Next-Sea, Norfolk CoastFri02Aug2024Sun11Aug2024
A week of family fun and events including a Carnival Day procession around the town featuring floats, fancy-dress, pull-and push-along vehicles and much more.
Wells-next-the-Sea in the heart of North Norfolk has for over a 100 years enjoyed a traditional summer Carnival for residents and visitors. A week of family fun and events including a Carnival Day procession around the town featuring floats, fancy-dress, pull-and push-along vehicles and much more. The carnival will next run from the Friday 2nd August through to Sunday 11th August 2024.
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6pm Gates OpenBlickling Hall Norwich Norfolk NR11 6NFSat03Aug2024
The Urban Soul Orchestra conducted by Stephen Hussey in 2024 return for another sell-out performance of classic Ibiza anthems on Saturday 3rd August 2024. The event will once again take place under the stars, with live DJ and vocalists.
This will be Norfolk’s biggest dance party of the Summer full of iconic Ibiza anthems. A chill-out set in the first half will be followed by a half hour interval with the DJ playing the latest Ibiza tunes.
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10:00 amBlakeney Quay, NorfolkTue06Aug2024
Blakeney's annual greasy pole challenge will be held around Tuesday 8th August in 2024. Part of the Blakeney Sailing Regatta, the greasy pole dates back well over a hundred years to 1873 when the prize for winning was a hog.
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Houghton Hall Norfolk PE31 6TYThu08Aug2024Sun11Aug2024
After a very successful Houghton Festival in 2023 this huge music event will return on August the 8th 2024. Houghton Music & Arts Festival has gained a reputation as one of the must-go-to electronic festivals.
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Holkham Hall, Wells-next-the-Sea NR23 1ABThu08Aug2024Sun11Aug2024
TV adventurer Bear Grylls has announced that the UK’s ultimate family adventure festival, Gone Wild, will be coming to Holkham Park in 2024 and it will run across four days from Thursday, August 8 until Sunday, August 11.
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10:00 amSandringham House King's Lynn Norfolk PE35 6ENFri16Aug2024Sun18Aug2024
This 3 day event filled with competition, live entertainment, yoga and celebrations is one you cannot afford to miss. Enter solo, as a pair or a team and ..
There is a category for everyone. The so-called 'loneliness' of the long-distance runner was epitomised by the 64 men and 42 women who tackled the entire event solo in 2023– that is apart from an army of volunteer marshals and fellow runners in teams on the same five-mile lap.
The other hundred runners were involved in variously formatted teams ranging from male, female, and mixed pairs up to large mixed teams with up to 12 runners who ran in a continuous relay.
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10:00 amCromer NorfolkSat17Aug2024Fri23Aug2024
The Cromer Carnival returns on the 17th August 2024 . One of the largest Carnivals in the country and culminating in Carnival day on the 21st August with the Red Arrows dominating the skies overhead.
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9:00 amHunstanton NorfolkSun18Aug2024Sun25Aug2024
The 102cd week-long Hunstanton Lawn Tennis Tournament commences on the 18th August 2024 and is said to be Britain's largest event of its kind after Wimbledon, taking place on 38 grass courts. Starting at the Hunstanton Recreation Ground on Sunday, play will continue each day, through to all the finals on Saturday.
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9:00 amHill Farm, Gressenhall, Norfolk. NR19 2NRFri23Aug2024Sun25Aug2024
Maui Waui is a 3 day international festival of music, performance and arts.
The Maui Waui Festival of Music and Performing Arts returns to its new location at Hill Farm, near Dereham, Norfolk on the 23rd to the 25th August 2024 and is celebrating 11 glorious years of bringing amazing music and performing arts to the East Anglian countryside.
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8am-6pmBlickling Estate, Blickling, Norfolk, NR11 6NFMon26Aug2024
The Aylsham has been at the heart of the county’s social and agricultural calendar for more than 70 years, returns on the Bank Holiday on Monday, August 26 2024, from 8am until 6pm and will be celebrating fun food and farming.
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10:00 amHolkham Hall, Norfolk CoastSat31Aug2024Sun01Sep2024
The North Norfolk food festival takes place in the spectacular setting of the Walled Garden at Holkham Hall on the 31st August & 1st September 2024. Historically filled with vegetables and flowers grown for the Hall, nestled within huge brick and flint walls that offer protection from the elements, this is an ideal setting to celebrate the abundance of Norfolk produce and culinary skill.(more…)
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10:00 amSandringham Norfolk PE35 6ENSat07Sep2024Sun08Sep2024
Sandringham Game & Country Fair will take place next on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th September 2024. The fair showcases a range of crafts and food stalls as well as many outdoor demonstrations of country sports and activities.
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Holt & Sheringham NorfolkSat21Sep2024Sun22Sep2024
Held in conjunction with Sheringham 1940s Weekend, the event celebrates the wartime efforts of allied forces and the remarkable resilience shown by those who dealt with the hardships on the home front. Expect the sights, sounds and style of the '40s in the town of Holt.
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Bonfire 6pm F/W 7.30pCliff Top Car Park Lighthouse Close Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 6ELSat02Nov2024
Hunstanton Cliffs is the perfect spot for a Guy Fawkes night celebration and the fireworks are big, loud and go on and on and on! They say that nowhere are the skies bigger than in Norfolk but these fireworks do a great job at filling it. Doors open at 5.00pm on Saturday 3rd November 2024 and the giant bonfire before is lit at 5.45pm.
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1:30 pmBurnham Market, NorfolkSat16Nov2024
The annual Christmas lights switch on is provisionally returning on Saturday 16th November 2024. In 2023 it was styled as a Victorian Christmas.
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5.30pm - 9pmHolt Market PlaceFri22Nov2024
The Holt Christmas Lights is an event that really ushers in Christmas with a difference. Provisional dates for 2024 is Friday the 22nd November and commences at 5.30pm with the now legendary 'Panto Race'. Now into its ninth year, this entertaining and hard fought contest takes place down the Holt high-street ahead of the official switch on.
