The Forum is OPEN during the Millennium Library refurbishment - Our car park, events, PizzaExpress, Cafe Bar Marzano, On the Stall City will all be operating as usual.

Here for Everyone

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What's on

There's always something on at The Forum!

Event calendar

Sat 10 Oct

10am - 4pm

Local Makers Market

Visit Local Makers Market in the centre of Norwich where they will be bringing you the best of your local craft scene.

Markets & Fairs
Sat 25 Jul

10am - 6pm

Norwich Pride 2026

Norwich Pride is a celebration of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex, Asexual+ (LGBTQIA+) community for everyone.

Celebration

Festival

Free
Sat 10 Oct

5.30pm - 10pm

Norfolk & Waveney Mind’s Night Walk and Silent Disco

Let’s light up the streets of Norwich this World Mental Health Day.

Charity

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Norfolk Deaf Festival 2026: What did you think?

You may have taken time to speak to the brilliant Rebecca who was making visual notes of how the festival made you feel, thank you!

It would really help if you completed our survey, questions are in signed BSL and written English.

Visit our NDF pages to complete our survey and you could win a prize

Millennium Library refurbishment ongoing

Norfolk County Council is carrying out a major improvement project to the library; the rest of The Forum is open and operational as usual. The library team are providing some services and events from The Gallery within The Forum, and operating a pop-up library.

Follow Norfolk Libraries for more info

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Join The Forum Film Club

Memberships for the 26/27 year are now open!

Our monthly all inclusive, not-for-profit club showcases popular movies from all decades and genres. Each month, the group suggests and votes for themes within The Film Club's private Facebook group. The first screening of the new membership year is Thursday 13 August.

More information, FAQs and sign up

Your venue

Your visit to The Forum

The Forum is a public building, open to all.

There's always something going on with a mix of free exhibitions, events, activities, food, shopping and learning opportunities. And, we're home to Norfolk Heritage Open Days, Norwich Science Festival, Norwich Book Festival, Norwich Games Festival and Norfolk Deaf Festival.

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First-class venue hire

Hold your event in the centre of Norwich.

Looking for the perfect venue for your event, performance, launch, meeting, festival, fair or market? We’ve got the space for you - at an affordable price.