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Festivals & Events
Needham, Harleston, Mid Suffolk, Suffolk
IP20 9LE Mid Suffolk District
What's on in the local area
The following events are taking place within 10 miles of IP20 9LE:
Annual Festivals & Events
Lobster Potty Festival
Annually, during July
Location: Norfolk
A quirky event in Sheringham celebrating lobsters, with races, craft stalls, and maritime entertainment.
The World Snail Racing Championships
Annually, during July
Location: Norfolk
Competitors race snails across a table in a fun and light-hearted event held annually in Congham.
The Royal Norfolk Show
Annually, during June
Location: Norfolk
The largest two-day agricultural show in the UK, showcasing farming, food, and countryside traditions.
Boom Bap Festival
Annually, during July
Location: Norfolk
An independent hip-hop festival showcasing the best of UK and international underground hip-hop.
Sundown Festival
Annually, during September
Location: Norfolk
A dance music festival featuring chart-topping electronic, house, and pop acts, held in Norwich.
Norfolk and Norwich Festival
Annually, during May
Location: Norfolk
A major arts festival in Norfolk featuring theatre, music, visual arts, and circus performances.
Cromer and Sheringham Crab & Lobster Festival
Annually, during May
Location: Norfolk
A seafood festival celebrating Cromer crabs and local produce with food stalls, live entertainment, and family-friendly activities.
Holkham Country Fair
Annually, during July
Location: Norfolk
A traditional country fair at Holkham Estate, featuring equestrian displays, falconry, rural crafts, and food stalls.
Sandringham Flower Show
Annually, during July
Location: Norfolk
A prestigious flower show held at the Sandringham Estate, featuring stunning garden displays and horticultural exhibitions.
Norfolk Motorhome Show
Annually, during July
Location: Norfolk
A large outdoor event in Norfolk showcasing motorhomes and accessories, with live music and entertainment.
Lobster Potty Festival
Annually, during July
Location: Norfolk
A quirky event in Sheringham celebrating lobsters, with races, craft stalls, and maritime entertainment.
The World Snail Racing Championships
Annually, during July
Location: Norfolk
Competitors race snails across a table in a fun and light-hearted event held annually in Congham.
The Royal Norfolk Show
Annually, during June
Location: Norfolk
The largest two-day agricultural show in the UK, showcasing farming, food, and countryside traditions.
Boom Bap Festival
Annually, during July
Location: Norfolk
An independent hip-hop festival showcasing the best of UK and international underground hip-hop.
Sundown Festival
Annually, during September
Location: Norfolk
A dance music festival featuring chart-topping electronic, house, and pop acts, held in Norwich.
Norfolk and Norwich Festival
Annually, during May
Location: Norfolk
A major arts festival in Norfolk featuring theatre, music, visual arts, and circus performances.
Cromer and Sheringham Crab & Lobster Festival
Annually, during May
Location: Norfolk
A seafood festival celebrating Cromer crabs and local produce with food stalls, live entertainment, and family-friendly activities.
Holkham Country Fair
Annually, during July
Location: Norfolk
A traditional country fair at Holkham Estate, featuring equestrian displays, falconry, rural crafts, and food stalls.
Sandringham Flower Show
Annually, during July
Location: Norfolk
A prestigious flower show held at the Sandringham Estate, featuring stunning garden displays and horticultural exhibitions.
Norfolk Motorhome Show
Annually, during July
Location: Norfolk
A large outdoor event in Norfolk showcasing motorhomes and accessories, with live music and entertainment.
Other Events"
SHOUT OUT to the 60s
February 7
The Corn Hall,, Diss
This high-energy, feel-good celebration features over 30 massive hits from the icons who defined a decade - Dusty Springfield, Lulu, Cilla Black, Petula Clark, Aretha Franklin, The Supremes, Tina Turner and more.
Expect floor-fillers like:
River Deep Mountain High | These Boots Are Made for Walkin' | Be My Baby | Shout | Walking Back to Happiness | You're My World | The Locomotion …and so many more!
With powerhouse vocals and stunning harmonies from former West End singer Sandy Smith and Sophie Mairi, this show is wowing audiences across the UK - and now it's Pickering's turn!
You'll be dancing in your seat and singing along to every beat!
At the Corn Hall, Diss 10 St Nicholas St, Diss IP22 4LB
WHEN: 7th February 2026 - 7.
Later Life Letter
February 27
The Corn Hall,, Diss
Award-winning writer, Luke Wright (Pub Grub; After Engine Trouble; What I Learned from Johnny Bevan) is taking his most personal show to date on tour and publishing his story with the release of a new collection of poems with Little, Brown Book Group. Later Life Letter unpicks the true story of Wright’s adoption through a script brimming with life and the lives he could have had.
ABBA Tribute Band Sensation
April 11
Beccles Public Hall and Theatre, Beccles
Making their first ever appearance in Beccles!
Widely considered as one of the best ever Abba tribute acts, Sensation play to packed theatres and festivals throughout Europe. A stunning stage show, which combines costume changes, lighting effects and a faithful reproduction of the Abba sound.
Later Life Letter
June 11
Thorington Theatre, Thorington
Later Life Letter tells the story of Luke Wright’s adoption – the life he leads, and the one he might have done. What’s it like to stumble across your birth mother on Facebook? How do you honour the parents who have raised you while satisfying a curiosity about where you came from? Is it telling that you married a social worker?
Wright navigates his audience through a warm and honest hour of poems and stand-up with the wit, pathos, and silliness that has made him one of the most popular live poets in England.
SHOUT OUT to the 60s
February 7
The Corn Hall,, Diss
This high-energy, feel-good celebration features over 30 massive hits from the icons who defined a decade - Dusty Springfield, Lulu, Cilla Black, Petula Clark, Aretha Franklin, The Supremes, Tina Turner and more. Expect floor-fillers like: River Deep Mountain High | These Boots Are Made for Walkin' | Be My Baby | Shout | Walking Back to Happiness | You're My World | The Locomotion …and so many more! With powerhouse vocals and stunning harmonies from former West End singer Sandy Smith and Sophie Mairi, this show is wowing audiences across the UK - and now it's Pickering's turn! You'll be dancing in your seat and singing along to every beat! At the Corn Hall, Diss 10 St Nicholas St, Diss IP22 4LB WHEN: 7th February 2026 - 7.
Later Life Letter
February 27
The Corn Hall,, Diss
Award-winning writer, Luke Wright (Pub Grub; After Engine Trouble; What I Learned from Johnny Bevan) is taking his most personal show to date on tour and publishing his story with the release of a new collection of poems with Little, Brown Book Group. Later Life Letter unpicks the true story of Wright’s adoption through a script brimming with life and the lives he could have had.
ABBA Tribute Band Sensation
April 11
Beccles Public Hall and Theatre, Beccles
Making their first ever appearance in Beccles! Widely considered as one of the best ever Abba tribute acts, Sensation play to packed theatres and festivals throughout Europe. A stunning stage show, which combines costume changes, lighting effects and a faithful reproduction of the Abba sound.
Later Life Letter
June 11
Thorington Theatre, Thorington
Later Life Letter tells the story of Luke Wright’s adoption – the life he leads, and the one he might have done. What’s it like to stumble across your birth mother on Facebook? How do you honour the parents who have raised you while satisfying a curiosity about where you came from? Is it telling that you married a social worker? Wright navigates his audience through a warm and honest hour of poems and stand-up with the wit, pathos, and silliness that has made him one of the most popular live poets in England.
