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Enjoy the arts and immerse yourself in culture while visiting the East of England

The East of England has a wide range of unique arts and cultural activity to suit all ages and interests with a number of renowned festivals and events throughout the year.

Festivals in Norfolk include the Norfolk and Norwich Festival, Britain’s first arts festival which began in 1772. There’s also the King’s Lynn Festival, Great Yarmouth’s Maritime Festival and Out There, a riotous weekend of performing arts and circus skills.

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The Out There International Festival of Circus & Street Arts
Great Yarmouth
Sep 19, 2020 - Sep 20, 2020 01:00
Mind Body Spirit and Wellbeing Festival
Jun 06, 2020 10:00 - Jun 07, 2020 17:00
Art Nouveau: The Nature of Dreams
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
Mar 29, 2020 10:00 - Sep 13, 2020 17:00
Sainsbury Centre Sculpture Trail
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
Nov 24, 2019 09:00 - Dec 31, 2024 18:00
The Intellectual Hooligans
The Maddermarket Theatre
Apr 11, 2020 20:00 - 22:30
The Intellectual Hooligans
The Maddermarket Theatre
May 16, 2020 20:00 - 22:30
The Intellectual Hooligans
The Maddermarket Theatre
Jun 13, 2020 20:00 - 22:30
James Taylor Quartet
The Maddermarket Theatre
Oct 03, 2020 19:30 - 22:00
Beccles Antiques Street Market
Beccles
May 03, 2020 08:00 - 16:00
Out There Festival
Sep 19, 2020 12:00 - Sep 20, 2020 21:00
Such an Artist to Write for: Inspiration and Collaboration
The Red House- Aldeburgh
Mar 03, 2020 13:30 - Nov 01, 2020 17:00
Christian Rohlfs
The Red House- Aldeburgh
Mar 03, 2020 13:30 - Nov 01, 2020 17:00
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Culture & Arts

East Anglia has a wide range of arts and cultural activity to suit all ages and interests with a number of renowned festivals.

 

Norfolk has a wide range of festivals, including the Norfolk & Norwich Festival, Britain’s first arts festival which began in 1772. There’s also the King’s Lynn Festival, Great Yarmouth’s Maritime Festival and Out There, a riotous weekend of performing arts and circus skills. Festivals in Suffolk include Latitude, Folk East, Snape Proms, Aldeburgh Music Festival, Aldeburgh Food & Drink Festival at Snape Maltings and High Tide. There are major stately homes, historic houses and estates to visit across the region, including Anglesey Abbey in Cambridgeshire, Audley End House in Essex and Somerleyton Hall in Suffolk. Norfolk has Sandringham, the rural retreat of the Royal family and Holkham Hall close to Wells-next-the-Sea.