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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.

Featured events

  • The Forum Film Club

    Doors 7pm : The Auditorium

  • Sun 20 Sep

    Heritage Open Days

    9am - 5pm : Across Norfolk

  • Sun 20 Sep

    Portraits of Life

    10am - 4pm : The Forum

  • Fri 30 Oct

    Norwich Book Festival

    All day : The Forum

  • A woman holding a small white dog in a Christmas hat next to a person dressed as a dog Santa

    Santa’s Grotto for Dogs

    10am - 2pm : The Forum

  • A child smiles wearing his hand made red glasses
    Sat 20 Feb

    Norwich Science Festival

    All day : The Forum

    • Illustrations of books of different colours opened and closed.
      9am - 5pm

      Norwich Independent Book & Zine Fair

      Come along for a browse and find your favourite new author!

      Free
    • Fri 30 Oct
      All day

      Norwich Book Festival

      Norwich Book Festival is a celebration of stories for all kinds of readers!

      Festival
      Norwich Book Festival
      Family Friendly
      School Holidays
    • 11am - 12noon

      Festival opening event: Adele Parks

      Author of 25 bestselling novels translated into 31 languages, and a long-standing ambassador for the National Literacy Trust, Adele Parks MBE opens Norwich Book Festival 2026.

      Crime
      Fiction
    • 11.30am - 4pm

      Human Library

      Have comfortable conversations about uncomfortable subjects with the Human Library.

      Free
      Interactive
      How we live now
    • 1pm - 2pm

      The Cate Austin Casefiles: Ruth Dugdall

      Crime fiction fans won't want to miss this fascinating event with Suffolk-based author Ruth Dugdall, whose acclaimed Cate Austin series has recently been reissued for a new generation of readers.

      Crime
      Local stories
      Under £10
      Fiction
    • 3pm - 4pm

      Frequently Happy: David Larbi

      An afternoon with TikTok poetry sensation and perennial optimist David Larbi.

      Politics & People
      Under £10
      Non-fiction
      Poetry
      How we live now
    • 5pm - 6pm

      Millie Gooch: Hangxiety

      How alcohol messes with your mind.

      Popular Science
      Under £10
      Non-fiction
      How we live now
    • 7pm - 8pm

      William Ralston: The Impossible Job

      Ever thought you knew better than the referee?

      Popular Science
      Non-fiction
    • Two post women, in The Imaginarium sorting office with a sign saying Dream and rainbow colours in the background..
      Wed 28 Oct
      10am - 4pm

      The Imaginarium

      Head to The Forum's Atrium for an amazing celebration of creativity, stories and imagination, free for everyone to enjoy!

      Children's Event
      Free
    • 11am - 12noon

      What if We Got AI Right: Eleanor Drage

      A radically hopeful, human-centred vision of the future of AI from one of the world's leading AI ethicists.

      Popular Science
      Politics & People
      Non-fiction
      Under £10
      How we live now

    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.