The Norfolk Coast Guide to the Big Events & What's on in 2024
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Burnham Deepdale, King's Lynn PE31 8DDFri22Mar2024Sun24Mar2024
2017 was the inaugural Deepdale Hygge Festival, a celebration of the things the organisers love on the North Norfolk Coast including the great outdoors, live music, barbecue, fire pits, food, drink, cycling, walking, running, big skies, and star gazing.
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10am - 3.30pmSandringham/Hillingdon NorfolkThu18Apr2024Mon29Apr2024
This is a rare opportunity to visit a Norfolk working tulip field in conjunction with the Norfolk Hospice Tapping House usually at the end of April and beginning of May with tulip grower Mark Eves of Belmont Nurseries at Sandringham in Norfolk. Up to half a million bulbs per acre are planted making this a most dramatic tulip display.
Tickets are not released until much closer to that time. Please do not contact the hospice for event information.
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8:45 amStarts Magazine Wood, Sedgeford PE36 5LW What3Words: small.wreck.sneezingSat11May2024
Now in its 5th year the Magazine to Massingham FUN charity walk, run, ride takes place on a ten mile section of the Peddars Way between Sedgeford and Great Massingham on Saturday 11th May 2024.
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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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2:00 pmBayfield Hall, Holt NR25 7JNSat15Jun2024
Get ready to embrace the magic of summer at Bayfield Summer Solstice - A celebration of Summer's peak taking place in this beautiful setting just outside the market town of Holt.
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9:00 amSandringham House, Kings Lynn NorfolkFri28Jun2024Sun30Jun2024
The Sandringham 3 Day Event Horse driving trials are from Friday 28th June to Sunday 30th June 2024 and includes races in dressage, marathon and cones in many different categories such as single horse, single pony, novice, multiples and open single.
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6.30pm Tues/Wed 7.30pm THursHolkham Hall Holkham Road Wells-next-the-Sea NR23 1ABFri05Jul2024Sun07Jul2024
The Outdoor Cinema Experience arrives at Holkham Hall again for a trio of classic movies including the Original Top Gun, Back to the Future and of course Pretty woman.
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Holt, Norfolk & Surrounding Coastal VillagesSat13Jul2024Sat27Jul2024
The Holt Festival will return on Saturday 13th July 2024. The festival is an annual arts festival, which comprises a range of events, from food and theatre to music, fine art and more
“A visit to Holt Festival begins with the visual impact of a lovely Georgian town with special character. From comedy to cuisine, politics to pop Holt Festival brings you the best in music, theatre, fine art and the spoken word in a glorious celebration of the arts.
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2:00 pmBurnham Market Playing FieldSat13Jul2024
THE BURNHAMS FLOWER SHOW & CARNIVAL
Traditional summer show for all the family July 13th 2024.
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10:00 amThe Green, Burnham Market, NorfolkSat17Aug2024
The Burnham Market Craft Fair will return for its 47th year at The Green on Saturday, August 17, where a wide range of hand-crafted goods will be on sale. The first event was in 1976 and has been held annually ever since.
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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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Wed - Sun 10am -5pmBayfield Hall, Holt NR25 7JNWed18Sep2024Sun20Oct2024
Bayfield Hall is a Grade II* listed building which stands in a small estate close to the village of Letheringsett. The Sculpture Trail features works by 45 artists from across the UK set in the beautiful private gardens of the Hall.
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11:00 amCliff Parade, Hunstanton PE36 6BQSun22Sep2024
On Sunday 22 September the popular Soap box derby returns to the streets of Hunstanton in Norfolk. 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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Snettisham Nature ReserveTue01Oct2024Tue21Jan2025
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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6:00 pmLenwade, Norwich NR9 5JWFri18Oct2024Sun03Nov2024
PrimEvil, Norfolk's biggest scare experience, provisionally returns to the dinosaur park Norwich on the 18th October 2024. Five frightening and award winning haunts include the Circus of Terror, The Crypt, Mayhem Manor Hotel and more haunts to be announced...
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Norfolk CoastMon04Nov2024Fri15Nov2024
This is Norfolk’s largest dining event, a culinary celebration of our vibrant restaurant scene, fine food, and the people who produce it returns in the Autumn of 2024. (more…)
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2pm & 7pmThursford NorfolkFri08Nov2024Mon23Dec2024
The Thursford Christmas Spectacular opens this year on Friday 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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9:30 amThe Racecourse, Fakenham NR21 7NYSat09Nov2024Sun10Nov2024
This Spring the Norfolk Artisan Fair will be showcasing an inspiring array of innovative and quality artisan goods at Fakenham Racecourse.
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Various LocationsFri15Nov2024Fri20Dec2024
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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5.30pm -7.30pmSheringham Station, Norfolk NR26 8RAFri15Nov2024Wed01Jan2025
The North Norfolk Railway will be transformed into The Norfolk Lights Express on selected evenings from November right through until January 2025. The railway version of the Northern Lights will see trains decorated with multi-coloured lights gliding through the winter darkness from Friday 15th November 2024.
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9:00 amSandringham Estate Norfolk PE35 6ENSat16Nov2024Sun17Nov2024
This HUGE Christmas Craft Show held on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th November 2024 at Sandringham House, bringing the opportunity to shop in comfort for all your Christmas food and gifts.
Once again featuring a spectrum of colourful stands, it promises to be the Christmas shopping event of the year for visitors looking for unusual gifts and exciting additions to their own festive experience.
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1:30 pmBurnham Market, NorfolkSat16Nov2024
The annual Christmas lights switch on is returning on Saturday 16th November 2024. In 2023 it was styled as a Victorian Christmas.
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4:30 pmSandringham House, Kings Lynn, NorfolkThu21Nov2024Tue24Dec2024
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 2024.
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VariesNorfolk Showground Dereham Road Norwich NR5 0TTFri22Nov2024Sun05Jan2025
Winter Wonderland Norwich is an event that offers Christmas family fun for everyone with a huge real Ice Rink, Thrilling Rides, a Giant Observation Wheel plus themed bars for the grown-ups.
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Holkham Hall, NorfolkFri29Nov2024Mon30Dec2024
Celebrate the magic of Christmas at Holkham from the 29th November 2024 until the end of December 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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10am - 8pmWells-Next-Sea, NorfolkFri29Nov2024Sat30Nov2024
Wells Christmas Tide Festival is held in 2024 over the last weekend in November which will be Friday 29th November.
Wells Christmas Tide Festival regularly pulls in thousands of families lured by the unique prospect of seeing Santa Claus arrive in Norfolk from the North Pole by sea.
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12:15 pmFakenham Racecourse, FakenhamSun22Dec2024
Wrap up warm for this great outdoor event held on Sunday 22nd December the Fakenham Races Christmas meeting.
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11am - ParadeOasis, Central Promenade, Hunstanton PE36 5BDWed25Dec2024
The Hunstanton Christmas Day Swim with everyone taking the plunge at 11am on Monday 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.
