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

Thu 4 Jun

10am - 4pm

Volunteer Extravaganza 2026

Celebrate national Volunteers' Week with a day of activities from more than 60 local charities.

Free

Charity
Sun 7 Jun

9am - 4pm

Norwich Ceramics Market

The Norwich Ceramics Market returns for its second edition — bigger, louder, and full of handmade energy.

Markets & Fairs
Sun 14 Jun

2pm - 3.30pm

TOASTies: Kids' Poetry Show featuring Simon Mole

A silly, giggly poetry event specially designed for kids! This June we are putting on a show like no other, we will playing games and performing poems with award-winning poet Simon Mole!

Family Friendly

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

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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

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.