Since opening in 2001, The Forum has welcomed more than twenty million visitors. Home to one of the busiest libraries in the country, The Forum is a cultural hub providing fantastic free events for the city and county. The Forum produces and coordinates:
Norwich Science Festival - one of the country’s leading science festivals
Norfolk Makers Festival - a festival of creativity and crafting
Norfolk Heritage Open Days - part of the nationwide free heritage festival, Heritage Open Days
Norwich Games Festival - a celebration of games of all kinds for all ages
Norwich Book Festival - for every kind of reader, and brings nationally renowned authors to England's first UNESCO City of Literature
Organisations from across the region also host events inside and outside the building - from markets, fairs and exhibitions to community celebrations, charity events and live performances.
The Forum Trust is an independent, self-financing educational charity that runs The Forum building and creates a year-round programme of free events. Our activities are supported by our commercial activities including The Forum car park, venue hire and renting space to our tenant organisations - Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library, Pizza Express, Café Bar Marzano, and BBC East.
