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 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
Sat 1 Aug

10am - 3pm

Folk & Bespoke Artisan Makers Market

Join us for a day full of creativity, craftsmanship, and community spirit.

Free

Markets & Fairs
Mon 12 Oct

9am - 3pm

Carers Information Day

Designed to help carers, the cared for, ex-carers, older people, the lonely, and the vulnerable, in fact, anyone.

Free

Learning

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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 reopening Wednesday 29 July

Norfolk County Council has been carrying out a major improvement project to the library; the rest of The Forum is open and operational as usual. The reopening date has now been announced for Wednesday 29 July at 10am.

Follow Norfolk Libraries for the latest

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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.