The Norfolk Coast Guide to the Big Events & What's on in 2024

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  • Tue
    01
    Oct
    2024
    Tue
    21
    Jan
    2025
    Snettisham Nature Reserve

    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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  • Fri
    15
    Nov
    2024
    Wed
    01
    Jan
    2025
    5.30pm -7.30pmSheringham Station, Norfolk NR26 8RA

    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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  • Fri
    22
    Nov
    2024
    Sun
    05
    Jan
    2025
    VariesNorfolk Showground Dereham Road Norwich NR5 0TT

    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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  • Wed
    01
    Jan
    2025
    12:45 pmFakenham Racecourse, Fakenham Norfolk

    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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  • Wed
    22
    Jan
    2025
    Sun
    02
    Mar
    2025
    10am - 4pmWalsingham Abbey, Little Walsingham NR22 6BP

    The snow drops are already out at  Walsingham Abbey in Norfolk and you can enjoy them yourself from Wednesday 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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  • Sun
    02
    Feb
    2025
    8:30 amKNETTISHALL HEATH , Thetford

    The Peddars Way Ultra Marathon on Saturday February 2nd 2025 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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  • Wed
    12
    Feb
    2025
    Sat
    22
    Feb
    2025
    Afternoon and EveningsTuesday Market Place, Kings Lynn, PE30 1AX

    Kings Lynn Mart returns on Wednesday 12th February 2025 with the Mayors's official opening at midday. 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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  • Mon
    21
    Apr
    2025
    13;20pmRacecourse, Fakenham NR21 7NY

    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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  • Sat
    26
    Apr
    2025
    5:00 pmBeeston Common Sheringham Norfolk

    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 Saturday 26th April  2025.

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  • Sat
    03
    May
    2025
    Mon
    05
    May
    2025
    10am-6pmSandringham Estate, Norfolk PE35 6EN

    Sandringham Food, Craft and Wood festival returns on the first May Bank Holiday weekend on the 3rd May through to Monday 5th 2025.  Gates open at 10am.

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  • Fri
    16
    May
    2025
    Sun
    18
    May
    2025
    from 10amCromer & Sheringham Norfolk

    For the last decade and more it’s been pincers at dawn between neighbouring fishing towns Cromer and Sheringham. The festival has brought the towns of Cromer and Sheringham together to celebrate the bounty of the North Sea and the world-famous seafood produced by both coastal resorts.

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  • Sat
    24
    May
    2025
    Sun
    08
    Jun
    2025
    10:00 amVarious North Norfolk Artist Studios

    More than 100 sculptors, painters, printers and other artists host their open studios event from Saturday May 24 to Sunday June 8 2024.

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  • Sun
    25
    May
    2025
    10am - 5pmSandringham House PE35 6EN

    The Pageant of Motoring’ on Sunday 25th May in 2025 will showcase eight 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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  • Sun
    01
    Jun
    2025
    First Race 2pmFakenham Racecourse, Norfolk NR21 7NY

    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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  • Sun
    08
    Jun
    2025
    5:10 amGreat Yarmouth Race Course, Jellicoe Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 4AU
    Starting and finishing on Sunday 8th June 2025at Great Yarmouth Racecourse. The route heads south along the Golden Mile and out of Great Yarmouth before swinging south westerly towards Beccles. You will be heading west, riding along the southern border of Norfolk, through the fens and onto King's Lynn. From there you will be on the coast road riding beside the beautiful coast line of North Norfolk and heading back to the Finish at Great Yarmouth.

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  • Sat
    14
    Jun
    2025
    9.15am TideBurnham Overy Staithe & North Norfolk Coast

    The Norfolk Superhero Challenge will now not take place on the 14th June 2025, 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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  • Sat
    21
    Jun
    2025
    Sun
    22
    Jun
    2025
    Hunstanton Green Borfolk

    A weekend of festivities draws thousands to Hunstanton's carnival parade on Sunday 21st June 2025.

    The Hunstanton event included live music, food and drink and a parade through the streets. In 2024 it was organised in collaboration between the Hunstanton Events Team, KL1 Radio and West Norfolk Council provided the stage.

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  • Sat
    21
    Jun
    2025
    Sun
    22
    Jun
    2025
    10:00 amThe Quay, Kings Lynn

    An action-packed weekend of speedboat and jet ski racing is set to return on the 21st & 22nd June 2025 to a historic Norfolk waterfront at King's Lynn.

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  • Thu
    03
    Jul
    2025
    Sun
    06
    Jul
    2025
    10:00 amBradmoor Woods, West Acre, Norfolk

    Taking place on the first weekend in July 2025  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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  • Fri
    04
    Jul
    2025
    Sun
    06
    Jul
    2025
    9:00 amHolkham Hall Holkham Road Wells-next-the-Sea NR23 1AB

    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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  • Sat
    05
    Jul
    2025
    Sun
    06
    Jul
    2025
    10:00 amSheringham Norfolk

    The Potty Festival is the place to be for Morris dancing and folk music in Sheringham, North Norfolk. It takes place in early July every year, and has been attracting large numbers of dancers, musicians, residents and tourists since it was established in 1993.

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  • Wed
    23
    Jul
    2025
    9:00 amSandringham Estate Sandringham Norfolk PE31 6AZ

    The 142nd Sandringham Flower Show opens on Wednesday 23rd  July 2025. 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…)

  • Sat
    26
    Jul
    2025
    10:00 amBlakeney Quay, Norfolk

    Blakeney's annual greasy pole challenge provisional date is  Saturday 26th July in 2025. Part of the Blakeney Sailing Regatta which runs over the whole weekend, the greasy pole dates back well over a hundred years to 1873 when the prize for winning was a hog.

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  • Sun
    27
    Jul
    2025
    County Wide

    Norfolk Day is celebrated on July 27 and the day celebrates the great land of Norfolk. The history of this glorious county goes back hundreds of thousands of years.

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  • Fri
    01
    Aug
    2025
    Sun
    10
    Aug
    2025
    Wells-Next-Sea, Norfolk Coast

    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.

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  • Sat
    02
    Aug
    2025
    6pm Gates OpenBlickling Hall Norwich Norfolk NR11 6NF

    The Urban Soul Orchestra conducted by Stephen Hussey returns in 2025 for its 10th anniversary   of classic Ibiza anthems  on Saturday 2nd August 2025. 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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  • Thu
    07
    Aug
    2025
    Sun
    10
    Aug
    2025
    Houghton Hall Norfolk PE31 6TY

    After a very successful Houghton Festival in 2024 this huge music event will return on August the 10th 2025.   Houghton Music & Arts Festival has gained a reputation as one of the must-go-to  electronic festivals.

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  • Thu
    07
    Aug
    2025
    Sun
    10
    Aug
    2025
    Holkham Hall, Wells-next-the-Sea NR23 1AB

    TV adventurer Bear Grylls has announced that the UK’s ultimate family adventure festival, Gone Wild, will be returning to Holkham Park  in 2025 and it will run across four days from Thursday, August 8 until Sunday August 11.

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  • Fri
    08
    Aug
    2025
    Sun
    10
    Aug
    2025
    12:00 pmSandringham House King's Lynn Norfolk PE35 6EN

    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 2024– 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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  • Thu
    14
    Aug
    2025
    Sun
    17
    Aug
    2025
    1:00 amSandringham House PE36 6EN

    In  August 2025, Sandringham will once again be holding a weekend of live concerts on Friday 15th, Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th August with Stereophonics and Michael Buble being announced for Saturday 16th and Sunday as part of the 2025 line-up.

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  • Sat
    16
    Aug
    2025
    Fri
    22
    Aug
    2025
    10:00 amCromer Norfolk

    The Cromer Carnival returns on the 16th August 2025 . One of the largest Carnivals in the country and culminating in Carnival day on the 20th August.

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  • Sun
    17
    Aug
    2025
    Sat
    23
    Aug
    2025
    9:00 amHunstanton Norfolk

    The 104th week-long Hunstanton Lawn Tennis Tournament commences on the 17th August 2025 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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  • Fri
    22
    Aug
    2025
    Mon
    25
    Aug
    2025
    9:00 amHill Farm, Gressenhall, Norfolk. NR19 2NR

    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 22nd to the 24th August 2025 and is celebrating 12 glorious years of bringing amazing music and performing arts to the East Anglian countryside.

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  • Mon
    25
    Aug
    2025
    8am-6pmBlickling Estate, Blickling, Norfolk, NR11 6NF

    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 25 2025, from 8am until 6pm and will be celebrating fun food and farming.

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  • Sat
    30
    Aug
    2025
    Sun
    31
    Aug
    2025
    10:00 amHolkham Hall, Norfolk Coast

    The North Norfolk food festival takes place in the spectacular setting will take place on Saturday August 30th and Sunday, August 31st 2025. The festival will be held in the Walled Garden at Holkham Hall, near Wells . 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…)

  • Fri
    12
    Sep
    2025
    Sun
    14
    Sep
    2025
    Midday to 10pmJolly Saiors, Main Road, Brancaster Staithe, King's Lynn PE31 8BJ

    Ahoy, mateys! Get ready to hoist the colors and sing yer hearts out at the 2025 Sea Shanty Festival in beautiful Brancaster! This three-day extravaganza will be bigger and better than ever before, with a crew of exceptional shantymen from across the land, ready to bring ye the best in toe-tappin' tunes and salty sing-alongs. Prepare to be swept away by the rousing spirit of the sea!

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  • Fri
    19
    Sep
    2025
    Sun
    21
    Sep
    2025
    Holt & Sheringham Norfolk

    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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  • Sat
    27
    Sep
    2025
    Sun
    28
    Sep
    2025
    Burnham Deepdale, King's Lynn PE31 8DD

    This is the eighth annual festival and music lovers and is described as small but perfectly formed, and it seems that local and national artists feel exactly that.

    Deepdale Farm, overlooks the harbour of Brancaster Staithe, a place where festival-goers can dance to a band in the Brick Barn or chill in the Orchard for a fabulous way to enjoy live music.

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  • Sat
    08
    Nov
    2025
    Bonfire 6pm F/W 7.30pCliff Top Car Park Lighthouse Close Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 6EL

    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 8th November 2025 and the  giant bonfire before is lit at 5.45pm.

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  • Sat
    15
    Nov
    2025
    5.30pm - 9pmVarious places throughout Holt

     

    Festive Holt will take place on the weekend of the 15th November. See Social Media for more information.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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