Norfolk & Norwich Festival will take place from Friday 8 May – Sunday 24 May 2026. This year’s headliners include one of the world’s most daring and acclaimed contemporary circus companies, Circa, and GoGo Penguin and Balimaya Project as part of Norwich Jazz Festival’s collaboration with NNF!
Norfolk & Norwich Festival is the flagship arts festival for the East of England with a reputation for innovative and inspirational programming and commissioning. It’s one of the oldest and largest arts and culture festivals in the country, celebrating 250 years in 2022!
As one of the big four UK international arts festivals, each May NNF transforms and celebrates our city and county through an internationally acclaimed programme of music, theatre, literature, visual arts, circus, dance and outdoor arts, enjoyed by around 60,000 people.
Think 17 days of quirky, spellbinding international arts performances which will leave you wanting more. From music, theatre, literature and visual arts to circus, dance and outdoor arts. The Festival presents more than 100 performances featuring a superb line-up of companies and ensembles from all over the world.
Performances take place at venues across Norwich, including Chapelfield Gardens, Norwich Theatre Royal, Norwich Playhouse, St Andrew’s Hall, as well as venues across Norfolk. The programme is multi-artform, contemporary, international and audience-centred.
And if you’re aged 18-25, you can become a YoungNNF Member for FREE! You’ll be able to pick up tickets to almost all events for £10 and some for free, too.
