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

Mon 18 May
Thu 21 May

9am - 5pm

The Photographer's Eye - Dave Wheeler Photography Exhibition

An exhibition from photographer Dave Wheeler.

Exhibitions

Free
Thu 21 May

6.30pm - 8pm

The Manosphere: Why it Appeals to Adolescent Boys and How to Talk About It

Find out why adolescent boys get drawn to the Manosphere and how we, as parents and professionals, can help them understand and challenge it
Sat 23 May
Sat 30 May

All day

Norwich Games Festival

Norwich’s celebration of all things games is back 23 - 30 May 2026.

Festival

Norwich Games Festival

Family Friendly

School Holidays

Free

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

Work with The Forum on an exciting website project

We're looking for proposals from experienced digital providers to work with us to create a new user-first, accessible website which supports our organisation going into our next phase of development.

Submit a proposal

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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.