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

Tue 16 Jun

3.30pm - 7pm

All About Apprenticeships

Norfolk’s largest apprenticeships and opportunities fair is back!

Free

Learning
Wed 17 Jun

10am - 3pm

Being Healthy, Happy and Safe

A day of free talks, performances and activities run by adults with learning difficulties.

Charity

Free

Learning
Thu 18 Jun

9am - 5pm

Hope Happens Here

Celebrating connection this Refugee Week.

Free

Charity

Learning

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Norfolk Deaf Festival - Friday 26 and Saturday 27 June 2026: Browse the programme and book tickets

Everyone is welcome to join us for a two-day inclusive celebration of D/deaf culture and community.

Everything on the programme, except for a very special comedy evening, is free to attend. Some activities, while free, must be pre-booked.

Visit our NDF pages for more info, to browse the programme and book tickets

Millennium Library refurbishment from 27 April 2026

Norfolk County Council will be carrying out a major improvement project to the library until mid-July, the rest of The Forum will be open and operational as usual. The library team will be providing some services and events from The Gallery within The Forum from May.

Follow Norfolk Libraries for more info

Let us know what you thought of NGF26!

From 23-30 May 2026 we celebrated games in their many forms at Norwich Games Festival through interactive play, industry talks, inspiring workshops and more. If you visited the Festival, in any way, please let us know about your experience in our visitor survey. You could win an amazing prize of gaming goodies and experiences!

Take the survey

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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