Norwich Beer Festival returns to The Halls on 26 October, ghost walks run to Cow Tower from the 23rd. 40 events with every date, time and price to mid-November.

The two biggest dates in the next six weeks fall in the same half-term week, and Halloween lands on top of them. Norwich Beer Festival is back inside The Halls from Monday 26 to Saturday 31 October, and Time by Luxmuralis lights up Norwich Cathedral from Tuesday 27 to Saturday 31 October. Norwich Ghost Walks take Halloween audiences along the river to Cow Tower from 23 October. Before then Operation Mincemeat and Mean Girls play the Theatre Royal, two charity night walks start from Chapelfield Gardens, and The Forum or The Halls has a market most weekends.

Everything below was read from the organiser’s or the venue’s own page on 29 September 2026 and re-checked on 3 October, and every entry links to it. Prices are the ones printed there. Where no price is given, the organiser had not published one on the page we read. For places that are open whatever the month, see our guide to things to do in Norwich.

Updated 3 October: Operation Mincemeat is now sold out at every performance, The Addams Family has sold out both Saturday shows, and Mean Girls has sold out its Saturday matinee. Added the Halloween ghost walks at Cow Tower, two markets and an Ezra Furman concert at The Halls, Britten’s War Requiem on 7 November and Paranormal Activity from 10 November.

This week

Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 October.

  • Matthew Bourne’s The Car Man, final day Saturday 3 October, 2.30pm and 7.30pm. Norwich Theatre Royal, Theatre Street. From £21.20. A dance thriller loosely based on Bizet’s Carmen, recommended for ages 15 and over (Norwich Theatre).
  • The Addams Family, Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 October. Norwich Playhouse, St George’s Street. From £26.50. Sound Ideas Theatre Company’s production of the musical. Both Saturday shows are sold out; Sunday has a 2pm on limited availability and a 6pm (Norwich Theatre).
  • Norwich Record Fair, Saturday 3 October, 9am to 3.30pm. The Atrium, The Forum. Run by VIP Record Fairs, and back on Sunday 8 November and Sunday 13 December (The Forum).
  • Norwich: One Community, Many Hearts, Saturday 3 October, 10.30am to 3.30pm. Outside The Forum. Free. Dance and live music in memory of John Tyson, raising funds for Priscilla Bacon Lodge Hospice (The Forum).
  • Shine Night Walk Norwich, Saturday 3 October. Chapelfield Gardens. Entry £17.49. Cancer Research UK’s 10k walk through the city. The council lists the event from 6.30pm to 11pm, and walkers get their own start time by email (Cancer Research UK, Norwich City Council).
  • The Four Seasons and The Lark Ascending by Candlelight, Saturday 3 October, 7.30pm to 9.30pm. The nave, Norwich Cathedral. Played by London Concertante (Norwich Cathedral).
  • Dad’s Army Museum Meet and Greet, Sunday 4 October, 9am to 5pm. Outside The Forum. Free. The Thetford museum brings the original Jones’s van from the series and its platoon of lookalikes (The Forum).
  • Vintage Market, Sunday 4 October, 11am to 4pm. The Halls, St Andrew’s Plain. The Vintage Superstore’s pick and mix sale of vintage clothing from the 1960s on, at £20 a kilo (The Halls).

Today, Saturday 3 October, is the busy one. The record fair, the community event and the night walk all use the streets around The Forum and Chapelfield Gardens. Cancer Research UK says the nearest car park, Chantry Place, takes its last car at 8pm. Our page on parking in Norwich has the council car parks and tariffs.

Next week

Monday 5 to Sunday 11 October.

  • Operation Mincemeat, Monday 5 to Saturday 10 October, 7.30pm, with 2.30pm matinees on Wednesday and Saturday. Norwich Theatre Royal. From £21.20. The Olivier Award-winning musical. Every performance is sold out on the theatre’s booking page (Norwich Theatre).
  • Norwich Society Talk: Thinner Than Eggshells, Tuesday 6 October, 6.30pm to 7.30pm. The Auditorium, The Forum. £10, or £5 for members. Professor John Chilton on Heinz Isler’s concrete shell roofs at the former Norwich Sports Village (The Forum).
  • Nigel Planer: Young Once, Tuesday 6 October, 7.30pm. Norwich Arts Centre. £23.50, or £20.50 for supporters. Seated. Stories from the memoir of the actor who played Neil in The Young Ones (Norwich Arts Centre).
  • The Ultimate Bubble Show, Saturday 10 October, 10.30am and 1pm. The Halls, St Andrew’s Plain. £8.67 to £13.01 including booking fee. Ray Bubbles’ family show, which the venue says suits children and adults with additional needs (The Halls).
  • Local Makers Market, Saturday 10 October, 10am to 4pm. The Forum. More than 80 stalls inside and outside (The Forum).
  • Norfolk and Waveney Mind’s Night Walk and Silent Disco, Saturday 10 October. Chapelfield Gardens, then The Forum. Walk tickets from £10, silent disco from £7.50. The site opens at 4pm, the 5km walk leaves in waves from 6.30pm, and the disco runs from 8pm to 10pm (Norfolk and Waveney Mind).
  • Lions Feed the 5000 Norwich, Sunday 11 October, 10am to 4pm. Outside The Forum. Free. Hot meals cooked from surplus food, served from 11am, with a free fruit and vegetable giveaway (The Forum).

Later in October

  • Mean Girls, Tuesday 13 to Saturday 17 October, 7.30pm, with 2.30pm matinees on Wednesday and Saturday. Norwich Theatre Royal. From £38.16 for the Wednesday matinee and from £53 on weekday evenings. The Saturday matinee is sold out, and Friday and Saturday evenings are on limited availability. The touring musical, for ages 10 and over (Norwich Theatre).
  • An Evening with Writer Chris Chibnall, Thursday 15 October, 6.30pm to 9pm. The Lower Gallery, The Forum. The Broadchurch creator talks to John Greig about his novels and his years running Doctor Who (The Forum).
  • Native2Norfolk Food and Drink Fair, Saturday 17 October, 10am to 4pm. Outside The Forum. Norfolk producers and street food, back on Saturday 14 November (The Forum).
  • Midcentury Market, Sunday 18 October, 11am to 4pm. The Halls. Specialist traders in furniture, homewares, lighting and collectables from the 1940s to the 1970s (The Halls).
  • Michael Palin: In the Philippines, Sunday 18 October, 7.30pm. Norwich Theatre Royal. From £47.70. The story behind his latest television journey (Norwich Theatre).
  • 3 Acres + A Cow, Wednesday 21 October, 7pm, doors 6.30pm. The Halls. Standard ticket £16.50. A history of land rights and protest in folk song and story, ending at about 9.45pm (The Halls, Ticket Tailor).
  • Beth Orton, Wednesday 21 October, 8pm. Norwich Arts Centre. £42, or £37.50 for supporters. Standing (Norwich Arts Centre).
  • Ezra Furman, Thursday 22 October, 8pm. The Halls. £28.50, or £25 for Norwich Arts Centre supporters, with reserved seating. A solo show from the American songwriter, promoted by the Arts Centre (Norwich Arts Centre, The Halls).
  • Norwich Ghost Walks: Halloween at Cow Tower, Friday 23 to Saturday 31 October except Sunday 25, 7.30pm to 9.30pm each night. Cow Tower park, by the river. £18. Storytellers and costumed performers lead the audience along the riverside paths to Cow Tower, with stops for local ghost stories (Norwich Ghost Walks, Norwich City Council).
  • Fireman Sam Live: The Lost Pirate Treasure, Saturday 24 October, 12.30pm and 3.30pm. Norwich Theatre Royal. From £15.90. A one-hour show for ages 2 and over. The 3.30pm show is a chilled performance (Norwich Theatre).
  • The 50th Anniversary of Punk in the East, Saturday 24 October, 8pm. Norwich Arts Centre. £22, or £19.50 for supporters. The Steve Ignorant Band play songs by Crass, with the poster from Norwich’s first punk gig in 1976 on show (Norwich Arts Centre).
  • Norwich Book Festival, Saturday 24 to Friday 30 October. The Forum and venues across the city. A week of author talks, workshops and signings in half term. The programme opens on Saturday 24 October with Louise Doughty and Jill Dawson at 6.30pm (Norwich Book Festival).
  • 47th Norwich Beer Festival, Monday 26 to Saturday 31 October. The Halls. Door prices £3 to £8. The first public session is Monday from 5pm to 10pm at £5. Daytime sessions from Tuesday start at 11.30am. Thursday and Friday evenings run to 11pm at £8, and Saturday is one session from 11.30am to 9.30pm at £5. Over 18s only. Advance tickets for Friday evening have sold out, so that session is door only (Norwich and District CAMRA, Tckty). Our Norwich Beer Festival page has every session.
  • Time by Luxmuralis, Tuesday 27 to Saturday 31 October, timed entry every 15 minutes from 5.15pm to 8pm. Norwich Cathedral. Adults £10, children aged 4 to 15 £5, family ticket £25, all plus booking fee. Under fours go free. A light and sound installation through the building, entered from the cloister, with visits lasting about 45 minutes (Norwich Cathedral).
  • Sylvia, Tuesday 27 to Saturday 31 October, 7.30pm, with 2.30pm matinees on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. Norwich Theatre Royal. From £19.08. The hip hop, funk and soul musical about Sylvia Pankhurst (Norwich Theatre).
  • Talk: God, Time and Stephen Hawking, Saturday 31 October, 5pm to 6pm. Weston Room, Norwich Cathedral. Free (Norwich Cathedral).

Half term has its own page: October half term in Norwich.

November

  • Norwich Antiques and Vintage Fair, Sunday 1 November, 9.30am to 3.30pm. The Atrium, The Forum. Dealers and collectors from across East Anglia (The Forum).
  • Mary Beard: More Secret Histories of Ancient Rome, Sunday 1 November, 7.30pm. Norwich Theatre Royal. From £37.10. Limited availability on 3 October (Norwich Theatre).
  • Christmas Carol Goes Wrong, Tuesday 3 to Saturday 7 November, 7.30pm, with 2.30pm matinees on Thursday and Saturday. Norwich Theatre Royal. From £15.90. Mischief’s Cornley Amateur Drama Society take on Dickens, for ages 8 and over (Norwich Theatre).
  • Norwich Philharmonic: Britten’s War Requiem, Saturday 7 November, 7.30pm. The Halls. The society opens its season with the War Requiem, 50 years after Britten’s death, with tenor James Gilchrist, soprano Lee Bissett and baritone Morgan Pearse (The Halls).
  • Jabbawocky Crafts Christmas Market, Saturday 7 November, 10am to 4pm. The Forum. The first of the season’s craft markets there (The Forum).
  • The Cabinet of Dr Caligari with MINIMA live score, Saturday 7 November, 7.30pm. Norwich Playhouse. £25.44. Norwich Film Festival screens the 1920 silent film with a live four-piece score, 80 minutes with no interval (Norwich Theatre).
  • Paranormal Activity, Tuesday 10 to Saturday 14 November, 7.30pm, with a 4pm show and an 8pm show on Friday and a 2.30pm matinee on Saturday. Norwich Theatre Royal. From £19.08. A new stage story inspired by the horror films, directed by Punchdrunk’s Felix Barrett, for ages 15 and over (Norwich Theatre).

Remembrance Sunday is 8 November, and the city council had not published this year’s arrangements when we checked on 3 October. Our Remembrance Sunday page will carry them. The Festive Lights Switch-on is Thursday 19 November. Norwich has no city fireworks display, and our fireworks page explains what is on instead.

Regular events

  • Norwich Market, Monday to Saturday, 8.30am to 5.30pm. Gentleman’s Walk. Free to visit. More than 190 stalls of street food, produce, clothes and gifts (Norwich City Council).
  • Norwich parkrun, every Saturday, 9am. Eaton Park. Free. A timed 5k on hard paths. Register once before your first run and bring your barcode (Norwich parkrun).

Getting there

The Forum, the Theatre Royal, Chapelfield Gardens and the market are within a few minutes’ walk of each other. The Halls, the Playhouse and the cathedral are a short walk north and east of the market. Our page on parking in Norwich has the car parks and current charges. Check roadworks and travel before a weekend trip, and train times to London if you are coming by rail.

This page is rewritten as organisers confirm new dates. Every listing was read on 29 September 2026 and re-checked on 3 October. Dates and prices can change, so use the links before you travel. More in our What’s On section.

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