Festivals & Major Events

The Great Yarmouth area is home to a number of fun, family-friendly festivals and outdoor events throughout the year. 

Annual festivals in Great Yarmouth

For 2023 we had many exciting events Comic Con was at Great Yarmouth Racecourse in June and July saw carnival fun at Caister.

The Visit Great Yarmouth Wheels Festival returned to the Golden Mile in early July in a seafront celebration of all things with wheels. More carnival fun was had in Martham with Gorleston Clifftop Festival in July..

As a maritime borough we're very proud of our essential life boats all of whom celebrated in August with the HIRS Lifeboat Day in Hemsby. On the last Sunday in August the Longshore Herring Festival in Hemsby celebrated the area's important fishing traditions and heritage with live music, a parade and barbecued herrings to eat on the beach.

Great Yarmouth Festival of Bowls saw tournaments taking place on Britannia Bowling Greens at the end of August for four weeks of tournaments until Friday 22 September. 

The Out There International Festival of Street Arts and Circus burst onto the streets in September (15-17) with a riot of colour, dance, performance and comedy all taking place out in the open spaces of St. George's Park, The Golden Mile and in the town centre. This event had to be seen to be believed with acts from all over Europe putting on daredevil and incredible outdoor performances. The festival will be held from 30th May to the 2nd June in 2024

The Eastern Festival of Racing took place in September with three days of thrilling races at Great Yarmouth race course, including a fabulous ladies day with the chance to get all dressed up.

Heritage buildings all over the borough took part in Great Yarmouth's Heritage Open Days, a national free festival celebrating the quiet and unusual heritage buildings we usually take for granted.

This page will be updated as events for 2024 are planned and organised so keep in contact with us