5 free Norfolk events over the August bank holiday 2023

Take centre stage at Norwich Theatre Royal's 2023 Open Day Picture: Laura Francis (Image: Laura Francis)

1. Norwich Theatre Royal Open Day, Norwich

Where: Norwich Theatre Royal, Theatre Street, Norwich, NR2 1RL

When: Saturday, August 26, 10am-3pm

Go behind the scenes at Norwich Theatre Royal and its sister venue Stage Two, with free guided tours running all day. 

Explore the dressing rooms and orchestra pit and step onto the famous stage, which you can have a go at lighting.

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Creake Abbey Summer Gift Fair is returning for 2023 Picture: Creake Abbey (Image: Creake Abbey)

2. Summer Gift Fair, North Creake

Where: Creake Abbey, North Creake, Fakenham, NR21 9LF

When: Saturday, August 26: 10am-4pm 

Creake Abbey's 2023 Summer Gift Fair has free entry and it will feature more than 90 stalls offering gifts, food and drink and even items for your four-legged friends. 

Stallholders include Ablaze Bowls, Norfolk Meadow Soaps, The Flora Candle Company, Cardarelli’s Cakery and Norfolk Raider Cider.

The Fierce Babe Summer Market returns for 2023 Picture: Pixels & Purls (Image: Pixels & Purls)

3. Fierce Babe Summer Market, Norwich

When: The Assembly House, Theatre Street, Norwich, NR2 1RQ

When: Sunday, August 27: 11am-4pm

There is free entry to this summer market in Norwich city centre, which will feature jewellery, homewares, craft kits, art prints, ceramics and more.

There will be stalls from more than 25 independent makers and creators who identify as women, trans or part of the LGBTQ+ community.

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Bandstand concerts run on summer Sundays in The Walks (Image: Archant 2016)

4. Music in the Bandstand, King's Lynn

Where: The Walks, London Road, King's Lynn, PE30 1PE

When: Sunday, August 27, 2pm to 4pm

The Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk has been putting on free concerts in The Walks on Sundays over the summer. 

On August 27, John Barker will be playing the trumpet in the bandstand and elsewhere at the Tuesday Market Place there will be a nineties and noughties music day from 12noon to 4pm.

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Paul McCarthy, general manager at Chantry Place in Norwich, with the giant gorilla sculpture on the trail Picture: Chantry Place (Image: Chantry Place)

5. Safari Summer Trail, Norwich

Where: Chantry Place, St Stephens Street, Norwich, NR1 3SH

When: Until September 3 

Chantry Place is hosting a themed trail featuring 10 large animal sculptures over the summer holidays, including a hippo, lion and an elephant. 

Families can pick up trail maps from Deichmann on the lower ground floor and once completed these can be exchanged for a goody bag, which includes a complimentary child's ticket for Banham Zoo or Africa Alive with a paying adult. 

Chantry Place sponsors our summer what's on content (Image: Chantry Place)

The summer what's on content in the Eastern Daily Press and Norwich Evening News is sponsored by Chantry Place in Norwich.