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Aug 2026

Hold Your Event at The Forum

With high footfall and competitive pricing (including a not-for-profit rate), The Forum can provide an ideal setting for events of any scale.

  • Two men running on a sunny day.
    8am - 12noon

    Run Norwich Race Day

    The award winning Run Norwich returns to the city and over 8,500 runners have entered this year’s sold-out race.

    Charity
  • 12noon - 4pm

    Psychosis awareness stand

    A drop-in community-focused event designed to increase understanding of psychosis, reduce stigma, and promote early support.

    Free
    Learning
  • Doors 7pm

    The Forum Film Club

    Monthly film screenings in our film club with a difference!

  • Sun 20 Sep
    9am - 5pm

    Heritage Open Days

    Celebrate history and discover the unknown this September, for free!

    Free
    Family Friendly
    Festival
    Learning
    Heritage Open Days
  • Sun 20 Sep
    10am - 4pm

    Portraits of Life

    An extended collection of photographs by Jack Roberts of Norwich post World War Two, originally exhibited during HODs 2019.

    Heritage Open Days
    Free
    Exhibitions
  • Sat 19 Sep
    Various times

    Driving Home

    Dante or Die invites you into the passenger seat of a black cab to watch Driving Home, an intimate 20-minute documentary film projected across the windows.

    Captioned
    Under £10
  • 2pm - 4pm

    Pablo Fanque: The Fabulous and Mysterious Victorian Showman

    Join social historian and music journalist, Bruce Lindsay, for this free talk on Pablo Fanque, Britain's first black showbiz entrepreneur. Part of the Norfolk Heritage Open Days festival.

    Heritage Open Days
    Free
    Learning
  • 11am - 12noon

    People From Our Quirky Past

    In this free talk, Pete Goodrum gives us a glimpse of some of the renegades, rebels, clowns, crooks and characters who have helped define Norwich as an unusual and interesting city. Part of the Norfolk Heritage Open Days festival.

    Heritage Open Days
    Free
    Learning
  • 2pm - 3pm

    The Residents of Dragon Hall and King Street

    This free talk with Richard Matthew tells the story of the residents of Dragon Hall based on the census data from 1841 to 1921 plus other accounts by residents of the local King Street area. Part of the Norfolk Heritage Open Days festival.

    Heritage Open Days
    Free
    Learning
  • Times vary

    Behind-the-Scenes at The Forum

    As part of Heritage Open Days, tour members will be guided around rarely-seen areas of the Millennium building, including the Auditorium, boiler rooms and Millennium Library Stacks Room, providing an insight to the building's history and operations.

    Tour
    Heritage Open Days
    Learning
    Free

Hold Your Event at The Forum

With high footfall and competitive pricing (including a not-for-profit rate), The Forum can provide an ideal setting for events of any scale.