The Norfolk Coast Guide to the Big Events & What's on in 2024
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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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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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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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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.
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12:45 pmFakenham Racecourse, Fakenham NorfolkWed01Jan2025
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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10am - 4pmWalsingham Abbey, Little Walsingham NR22 6BPWed22Jan2025Sun02Mar2025
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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8:30 amKNETTISHALL HEATH , ThetfordSun02Feb2025
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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Afternoon and EveningsTuesday Market Place, Kings Lynn, PE30 1AXWed12Feb2025Sat22Feb2025
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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13;20pmRacecourse, Fakenham NR21 7NYMon21Apr2025
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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5:00 pmBeeston Common Sheringham NorfolkSat26Apr2025
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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10am-6pmSandringham Estate, Norfolk PE35 6ENSat03May2025Mon05May2025
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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from 10amCromer & Sheringham NorfolkFri16May2025Sun18May2025
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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10:00 amVarious North Norfolk Artist StudiosSat24May2025Sun08Jun2025
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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10am - 5pmSandringham House PE35 6ENSun25May2025
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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First Race 2pmFakenham Racecourse, Norfolk NR21 7NYSun01Jun2025
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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5:10 amGreat Yarmouth Race Course, Jellicoe Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 4AUSun08Jun2025Starting 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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9.15am TideBurnham Overy Staithe & North Norfolk CoastSat14Jun2025
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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Hunstanton Green BorfolkSat21Jun2025Sun22Jun2025
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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10:00 amThe Quay, Kings LynnSat21Jun2025Sun22Jun2025
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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10:00 amBradmoor Woods, West Acre, NorfolkThu03Jul2025Sun06Jul2025
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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9:00 amHolkham Hall Holkham Road Wells-next-the-Sea NR23 1ABFri04Jul2025Sun06Jul2025
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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10:00 amSheringham NorfolkSat05Jul2025Sun06Jul2025
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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9:00 amSandringham Estate Sandringham Norfolk PE31 6AZWed23Jul2025
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…)
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10:00 amBlakeney Quay, NorfolkSat26Jul2025
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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County WideSun27Jul2025
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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Wells-Next-Sea, Norfolk CoastFri01Aug2025Sun10Aug2025
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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6pm Gates OpenBlickling Hall Norwich Norfolk NR11 6NFSat02Aug2025
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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Houghton Hall Norfolk PE31 6TYThu07Aug2025Sun10Aug2025
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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Holkham Hall, Wells-next-the-Sea NR23 1ABThu07Aug2025Sun10Aug2025
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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12:00 pmSandringham House King's Lynn Norfolk PE35 6ENFri08Aug2025Sun10Aug2025
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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1:00 amSandringham House PE36 6ENThu14Aug2025Sun17Aug2025
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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10:00 amCromer NorfolkSat16Aug2025Fri22Aug2025
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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9:00 amHunstanton NorfolkSun17Aug2025Sat23Aug2025
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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9:00 amHill Farm, Gressenhall, Norfolk. NR19 2NRFri22Aug2025Mon25Aug2025
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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8am-6pmBlickling Estate, Blickling, Norfolk, NR11 6NFMon25Aug2025
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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10:00 amHolkham Hall, Norfolk CoastSat30Aug2025Sun31Aug2025
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…)
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Midday to 10pmJolly Saiors, Main Road, Brancaster Staithe, King's Lynn PE31 8BJFri12Sep2025Sun14Sep2025
Get ready for a weekend of toe-tapping tunes and salty sing-alongs at the Sea Shanty Festival 2024, taking place over three days in beautiful Brancaster. This year's festival promises to be bigger and better than ever, with a lineup of exceptional Shantyman from across the country.
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Holt & Sheringham NorfolkFri19Sep2025Sun21Sep2025
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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Burnham Deepdale, King's Lynn PE31 8DDSat27Sep2025Sun28Sep2025
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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Bonfire 6pm F/W 7.30pCliff Top Car Park Lighthouse Close Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 6ELSat08Nov2025
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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5.30pm - 9pmVarious places throughout HoltSat15Nov2025
Festive Holt will take place on the weekend of the 15th November. See Social Media for more information.
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