Norfolk & Norwich Festival announces dates for 2021

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The 2021 Norfolk & Norwich Festival has been confirmed to take place between 14-30 May, with next year’s arts festival being a one-off adaptation designed for Covid-times.

Marking its 249th year, the festival usually attracts audiences of approximately 80,000 for its international programme of music, performance, visual arts and literature in venues and outdoor spaces across Norwich and Norfolk.

Artistic Director and Chief Executive of Norfolk & Norwich Festival Daniel Brine said: “We, like the whole arts sector, have been navigating the complications thrown upon us by Coronavirus and so I’m really overjoyed to be able to announce that we will be staging a Festival in 2021.”

“As a Festival, we have no fixed venue, and have been able to be fleet-of-foot, reactive, opportunistic. We have the ability to adapt to a degree, so we have been working to create an exciting, adapted and safe programme for the 17 days next May.

“It’s important that the people of Norfolk and Norwich can have a Festival to look forward to next year and we’re working on something that as many as possible can enjoy.

The full programme will be announced in March 2021.

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