Norfolk Creativity and Wellbeing Week events
Prior to the Week
- Wymondham Print Festival, 5 - 17 May 2026, 11am-4pm, Becket's Chapel
- Community Arts CIC: Slow-Down Art Sessions, 11 May 10am-12pm, Wymondham
- Creation Station North Norwich: Paint and Sip, 12 May 7-9pm, Racecourse, Norwich
- Pause and Create with Sue Wilde, 12 May, 7.30pm, Horsford
- Come Singing at Earlham Library, 15 May, 11.15-12.15pm, Norwich
- Norwich Jazz Festival Launch Party, 15 May, 9.30pm, Norwich
- Cat Linocut Workshop with Safi Butler, 15 May, 6-8.30pm, The Cat House, Norwich
- Creation Station North Norwich: Paint and Sip, 15 May 6.30-9pm, Bread Source, Cathedral Refectory
- Landscape Painting with Sarah Cannell, 16 May 2026, 10am-3pm, Raveningham
- Still Saturdays: Printing Circle, 16 May, 10am-2.30pm, The Still Room, Keswick Hall
- YarMakers: In Common Creation 16 May 12pm - 2pm, PRIMEYARC, Great Yarmouth
- Research your Family or House History, 16 May, 10.30am-3.00pm, King's Lynn
- Reflex Theatre: Call Me John, 16 May, 7.30pm, The Workshop, King's Lynn
- Harleston and Waveney Art Trail 2026, 16 - 17 May, 10am-5pm (daily), Harleston and surrounding area
- Norfolk & Norwich Festival: Kids Business, 16 - 17 May, 10am-12.30pm and 1.30-4pm, Dereham
- Crochet for Beginners and Improvers, 17 May, 10.30am-12.30pm, Anteros Arts, Norwich
- Still Sundays: monthly taught Life Drawing, 17 May, 10.30am-12.30pm, The Still Room, Keswick Hall
- Crafty Llama Fibre Club at St Saviour's Yard, 16 May, 2pm, Norwich
- CopyCats - Painting and Mixed Media Workshop with Rachel Duffield, 17 May, 6.30-8.30pm, The Cat House, Norwich
Ongoing Events/Exhibitions
- Norwich Jazz Festival 2026, Norwich
- Art Textiles: Made in Britain - Flight, 25 April - 23 May, 10am - 5pm, Mandell's Gallery, Norwich
- Natalya Martin: The Bubble Project, 5 May - 8 June, 4pm-5pm, Carrow House, Norwich
- Norfolk & Norwich Festival - NNF26, 8 - 24 May 2026, Various locations in Norfolk
- Norfolk Wildlife Trust: Sarah Weston: Rural and wild Norfolk, 6 - 19 May 2026, 10am - 5pm, Cley Marshes
- Norfolk Wildlife Trust: An exhibition of wildlife and animal drawings by realism artist Stephanie Lacey, 20 May - 2 June 2026, 10am - 5pm, Cley Marshes
- Cromer Artspace: PAINT, 21 May - 01 June 2026, 11am-4pm, Cromer
- In Proximity: Norwich Castle Open Art Show, 14 February to 14 June 2026, 10am-4pm daily, Norwich
- Living by the Rule. Contemporary meets Medieval, Sainsbury Centre, 16 May to 4 October 2026, Tuesday to Friday 9am-6pm (exhibitions open 9.30am), Saturday and Sunday 10am-5pm, Norwich
- Play Power, Sainsbury Centre, 16 May to 4 October 2026, Tuesday to Friday 9am-6pm (exhibitions open 9.30am), Saturday and Sunday 10am-5pm, Norwich
- Free Guided Permanent Collection Tours, Sainsbury Centre, Daily at 11am and 2pm, Norwich
- Seven Decades of Contemporary Art. Norfolk Contemporary Art Society at Norwich Castle, Timothy Gurney Gallery, 28 March 2026 to 28 February 2027, 10am-4pm daily, Norwich
- The Jacket Women. single mothers of the workhouse, Exhibition by Maria Pavledis, Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse, 9 March to 1 November 2026, 10am-5pm daily, Gressenhall
- NNF26. Heartwood - Curious Directive, 12 to 23 May 2026, various times, Norwich
- Susan Worden: Connect with Colour 18 - 23 May, 10am-3pm, St George's Street, Norwich
- NNF26. go gently into the garden of [im]possible dreams, PRIMEYARC, 9 to 24 May 2026,12-4pm (Closed Mondays and Tuesdays), Great Yarmouth
- Wandering Words Walking Trail, National Centre for Writing, Any Time, Norwich
Monday 18 May
- Friendly Adult Craft Group, 10am-12pm, Great Yarmouth Library
- Monday Sewing Circle and Conversation, 10am-12pm, The Still Room, Keswick Hall
- Norfolk Wildlife Trust: Mindfulness walk, 10.30-11.30am, Cley Marshes
- Portrait Drawing with Kate Munro, 10.15am-12.15pm, Cromer Community Centre
- Sing Your Heart Out. Great Yarmouth, 10.30am-12pm, Great Yarmouth
- Ramblers Wellbeing Walks Central Norfolk: South Norfolk - Hempnall and Lundy Green Walk, 10.30am-12pm, Hempnall and Lundy Green
- Art as Language with Community Artist Shathy Bano, 10.30-1pm Octagon Hall, Norwich
- Life Drawing with Kate Munro, 1-3pm, Cromer Community Centre
- Quilt and Stitch Club, 1-3pm, Loddon Library
- Knit Stitch and Natter, 1-3pm, Costessey Library
- DoveSong, Diss United Reformed Church, 1.30-3pm, Diss
- Knit, Stitch and Natter, 1.30-4pm, Hethersett Library
- Sing Your Heart Out. Sheringham,2-3.30pm, Sheringham
- National Centre for Writing: Guided tour of Dragon Hall, 2-3.30pm, Norwich
- Knit and Natter, 2.30-4.30pm, Watton Library
- Monday Clay Club with Sarah Cannell, 18 May, 6-8pm, Raveningham
Tuesday 19 May
- Dovelets, Diss United Reformed Church, 10-11am, Diss
- Norfolk Record Office Event: Quarter Session Records Session, 10-10.45am, Online
- True's Yard Fisherfolk Museum, Paint What You Feel, 10.30am, King's Lynn
- The Painting Party: Summer Swallows, 11am - 2pm, That Little Norfolk Shop and Studio, Wymondham
- Ramblers Wellbeing Walks Central Norfolk: Norwich - Sloughbottom and Sweet Briar Walk, 10.30-11.30pm, Sloughbottom and Sweet Briar
- Ramblers Wellbeing Walks Central Norfolk: Coltishall to Tunstead and return Walk, 10.30am-12.35pm, Coltishall to Tunstead
- Magic Acorns: Sensory Play, 1-2.30pm, Great Yarmouth
- Creative Arts East: Stories from the Dance Floor with Glass House Dance, 1-3pm, King's Lynn
- Creative Arts and Crafts for Wellbeing, 1.30-3pm, Holt Library
- Craft Connection, 2-3.30pm, Downham Library
- Knit and Natter, 2-3.30pm, Stalham Library
- Sing Your Heart Out. Hingham, 2-3.30pm, Hingham
- Stitch Happens - needlecraft club, 3-4.30pm, Swaffham Library
- Knit and Natter and Craft, 4-5pm, Mundesley Library
- Script reading in the Community with Bel Greenwood, 6-8pm, Norwich
- Egyptian Dance - The Norman Centre, 7-8pm, Norwich
- Norwich Making Space: After Dark Craft Social - Cross Stitch and Collage, 7-9pm, Norwich
- Norwich Jazz Festival:National Youth Jazz Orchestra presents Abdullah Ibrahim Tribute at EPIC Studios, 8pm, Norwich
Wednesday 20 May
- Ramblers Wellbeing Walks Central Norfolk: Taverham - Scotch Hill Wood Walk, 10.30-11.15am, Taverham
- Ramblers Wellbeing Walks Central Norfolk: Broadland - Upton Staithe circular Walk, 10.30-11.35am, Upton Staithe
- Creative Health Interest Meeting (CHIMe) - Practitioner Wellbeing, 10am-1.30pm, PrimeYarc, Great Yarmouth
- Egyptian Dance - The Garage, 12-1pm, Norwich
- Magic Acorns: Afro-Portuguese Music Garden, 1.30-2.30pm, Great Yarmouth
- Mud Hub Pottery. Wellbeing Wednesdays, 1.30-4.30pm, Norwich
- SYSTA. Nature Writing with Rebecca Stonehill, 1.30-3.30pm, Norwich
- Stitch Happens - needlecraft club, 2-3.30pm, Downham Library
- Stitch and Sew, 2-3.30pm, Hellesdon Library
- Craft Group, 2-4pm, Gorleston Library
- Crafting with Maggy, 3-4.30pm, Poringland Library
- Sing Your Heart Out. Norwich, 2-3pm, Norwich
- Singing for Health, Wellbeing and Fun! at Sheringham Little Theatre, 3.30-5pm, Sheringham
- Men's Shed session, 5.30-8.30pm, Norwich
- Nurture Health and Wellness: Create a more positive and inspiring vision, 6-8.30pm, North Norfolk
- Teas and Harmony with Linds Bestwicke, 7-9pm, Norwich
Thursday 21 May
- Singing Mamas , 9:30am - 11am, Norwich
- Circular Weaving, 10am - 12pm, Norwich Making Space and Clare Futures, 131 Colman Road, Norwich. [email protected]
- Lynn Museum: Mini Museum, 10:30am - 11:30am, King's Lynn
- Ramblers Wellbeing Walks Central Norfolk: Norwich - Cathedral Walk, 10.30-11.25am, Norwich
- Ramblers Wellbeing Walks Central Norfolk: Aylsham - Woodgate Nursery Walk, 10.30am-12pm, Alysham
- A Creative Pause. Communal Painting, 10.30am- 12.30pm, Norwich
- The Common Lot. Art for Wellbeing, 10am-12pm, Norwich
- Craft Group, 10am-12pm, Hellesdon Library
- Knit, Stitch and Natter, 10.30am-12pm, Caister Library
- The Common Lot. Raggy Dolls 12-13.30pm, Norwich
- Friendly Art Group, 12.30-3pm, Hellesdon Library
- 'Remembering Together' Craft Session, 1-3pm, Aylsham Library
- Norfolk Record Office Event. Exploring Tudor Dress, 1-3pm, Norwich
- Knit and Natter, 2-4pm, Wroxham Library
- Norfolk Knitters and Stitchers, 2-4pm, Long Stratton Library
- Sing Your Heart Out. King's Lynn, 2-3.30pm, King's Lynn
- Crafty Llama Fibre Club at St Saviour's Yard, 5pm, Norwich
- Knit Night, 5-6.30pm, Hellesdon Library
- Norfolk Wildlife Trust: Wilder Communities - Connecting your community to nature through wild art, 6pm-8pm, Norwich
- Open Mic night with Breadknife, 7pm, The Bicycle Shop, Norwich
- Norwich Making Space: After Dark Craft Social - Wire Portraits, 7-9pm, Norwich
- Norwich Jazz Festival: Neil Cowley Trio, 8pm, Norwich
Friday 22 May
- City of Literature Weekend 2025. 22 to 24 May, National Centre for Writing, Various Times, Norwich
- Ramblers Wellbeing Walks Central Norfolk: Norwich - Warterloo Park Walk, 10.30-11.20am, Norwich
- Ramblers Wellbeing Walks Central Norfolk: Loddon and Riverbank Walk, 10.30-11.50am, Loddon
- Ramblers Wellbeing Walks Central Norfolk: Coltishall Village and Horstead Walk, 10.30-11.50am, Coltishall and Horstead
- Slow Theatre Company. Flash Theatre Event - Play in a weekend, 22 to 24 May, 7-10pm, Norwich Puppet Theatre
- The Common Lot. Ceramics, 10am-12pm, Norwich
- Knit and Natter, 10am-12pm, Dereham Library
- City of Literature: Set Sail! with Robert Starling, 10.30-11.30am, Norwich
- Museum of Norwich at the Bridewell: Walking Tour - Norwich in the 1920s,11am - 3pm, Norwich
- Playing for Cake 10th Anniversary Free Concert, 2-5pm, Sheringham
- Creative Arts for Wellbeing, 2-5pm, Mundesley Library
- City of Literature: From the Floorboards: Georgia Shackleton, 6-8pm, Norwich
- Norwich Jazz Festival: André Marmot at The Book Hive, 6pm, Norwich
- Cat Crochet for Beginners and Intermediate with Cozy Cryptids, 6.30 - 8.30pm, The Cat House, Norwich
- Norwich Theatre: Glorious Forms, 7pm, Norwich
- NNF26. Finding Home - Maya Youssef, 7.30pm, Norwich
- The Corn Hall. Namvula Concert, 7.30pm, Diss
- Norwich Jazz Festival: Nubiyan Twist at EPIC Studios, 8pm, Norwich
Saturday 23 May
- Wellbeck Wellness: Wellness and Wellbeing Fayre, 10am - 2pm, Alpington Village Hall
- Norwich Castle Museum. Family Saturdays, 10am-3pm, Norwich
- City of Literature Weekend 2025. 22 to 24 May, National Centre for Writing, Various Times, Norwich
- Slow Theatre Company: Flash Theatre Event - Play in a weekend, 22 - 24 May, 7-10pm, Norwich Puppet Theatre
- Birds, Bugs and Bookworms, Family Fun Day, 10am - 2pm, Broadland Country Park
- Harleston and Waveney Art Trail 2026, 23 to 25 May, 10am-5pm daily, Harleston and surrounding area
- Dance Jam with Glass House Dance, 10-11am, Trowse
- NNF26. Kids Business, 10am-12.30pm and 1.30-4pm, Dereham
- North Norfolk Studios, 23 May to 7 June 2026, 10am-5pm, North Norfolk (various locations)
- Anglo-Saxon Weaving and Wool Children's Workshop, Ancient House Museum of Thetford Life, 10.30-11.30am, Thetford
- Gong Bath with Maggie Stickney and The Hum of the Universe, 2pm, The Corn Hall, Diss
- Norwich Making Space Events: Saturday Art Club - Colour Play, 2 - 3.30pm, Norwich
- Strangers' Hall: House Tours, 11am - 11:45am, Norwich
- The Lost Nose by Emma Zangs, 11am and 2pm, Norwich Puppet Theatre
- YarMakers: In Common Creation, 23 May 12pm - 2pm, PRIMEYARC, Great Yarmouth
- NNF26. Page Against the Machine at Norwich Cathedral, 2.30-4.30pm, Norwich
- Cromer Artspace. Im/permanence, 5.30-7pm, Cromer
- Sheringham Little Theatre. Fiasco!, 7.30pm, Sheringham
- Maddermarket Theatre. Intellectual Hooligans, 8pm, Norwich
- Norwich Jazz Festival: GoGo Penguin at EPIC Studios, 8pm, Norwich
- Norwich Games Festival, 23 - 30 May, various times, The Forum, Norwich
Sunday 24 May
- City of Literature Weekend 2025. 22 to 24 May, National Centre for Writing, Various Times, Norwich
- Slow Theatre Company: Flash Theatre Event - Play in a weekend, 22 - 24 May, 7pm-10pm, Norwich Puppet Theatre
- Harleston and Waveney Art Trail 2026, 23 to 25 May, 10am-5pm daily, Harleston and surrounding area
- NNF26. Kids Business, 10am-12.30pm and 1.30-4pm, Dereham
- City of Literature Publishing Fair, National Centre for Writing, 10am-4pm, Norwich
- Sunday Clay Club with Sarah Cannell, 10am-12pm, Raveningham
- Hands-on Art History: Pop Goes Art - Acrylic Workshop, 10.30-1pm, Anteros Arts, Norwich
- Diamond Art Workshop with Sam Wright, 6.30-8.30pm, The Cat House, Norwich
- Norwich Jazz Festival: The Gary Crosby Sextet presents Mingus Moves, 8pm, Norwich
- Norwich Games Festival, 23 - 30 May, various times, The Forum, Norwich
Post Week Events
- , 23 - 30 May, 10am - 4:30pm, Norwich
- , 23 - 31 May, 10am - 4:30pm, Great Yarmouth
- , 23 - 31 May, 10am - 5pm Dereham
- Spring Fling at Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse, 25 May,10am-4pm, Dereham
- National Centre for Writing: Family Activity Day , 25 and 26 May 2026, 10am-3pm
- Reflex Theatre: WIP It Up, 27 May 2026, 7-9pm, The Garage, Norwich
- Positively Crafting: Wire Art Wreaths, 29 May 2026, 7-9pm, Cecil Gowing Infant School Sprowston, [email protected]
- Write like Queen Elizabeth I Children's Workshop, Ancient House Museum of Thetford Life, 29 May 2026, 10-11.30am, 11.15am-12.45pm, 1-2.30pm and 2-3.30pm, Thetford
- Norfolk County Council Adult Learning run courses throughout the year at locations across Norfolk. Including courses running in the summer term that have a focus on creativity and wellbeing (course fees apply):
- Acting for Wellbeing - Confidence, Start Date: 29 May (5 weeks), Norwich
- Acting for Wellbeing - Communication, Start Date: 1 June (5 weeks), Great Yarmouth
- Writing Prose fiction for Wellbeing, Start Date: 2 June (5 weeks), Norwich
- Writing for Wellbeing, Start Date: 3 June (5 weeks), Cromer
- Creative Writing - Write Well, Feel Good, Start Date: 6 June (5 weeks), Cromer
- Acting for Wellbeing - LGBTQ+, Start Date: 8 June (5 weeks), Norwich
- Relax and Unwind with Creating from Squares - Knitting, Crochet and more, Start Date: 9 June (5 weeks), Cromer
- Relax and Unwind with Knitting - Exploring Stitches and Texture, Start Date: 10 June (5 weeks), Norwich
- Relax and Unwind with Knitting - Exploring Stitches and Texture, Start Date: 10 June (5 weeks), Attleborough
- Norwich Games Festival, 23 - 30 May, various times, The Forum, Norwich
