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

Wed 1 Jul

7pm - 8.30pm

How to make Norwich a swift city

A talk on swifts supported by Norfolk Wildlife Trust as part of Wilder Norwich, a new project that seeks to enhance and amplify the presence of nature across the city.

Learning

Free
Thu 30 Jul

11am - 4pm

Positive Minds

Positive Minds is a free event bringing young people, families, professionals and communities together.

Free

School Holidays

Family Friendly
Fri 4 Sep

Times vary

Run Norwich Expo

Run Norwich Expo - where the race day celebrations begin.

Charity

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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

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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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