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The 'Out There' Festival returns for its 12th year at the weekend (14th and 15th September) where the seaside town will host more than 130 artists from over 10 different nations, an incredible line-up of over 100 hours of entirely free entertainment, nine world premieres, 12 UK premieres and 16 shows.

Great Yarmouth Maritime Festival returns to the Quayside for a celebration of its 20th anniversary year on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th September, featuring a variety of ships, shanty groups and this year some unusual and quirky maritime acts plus charity stalls, maritime-themed crafts and varied food options catering for every taste.

GREAT Yarmouth's historic Town Hall is all ship shape and ready to welcome hundreds of visitors to the Maritime Festival this weekend (September 7 and 8), hosting a special history trail, live shanty music, knitted creations, plus model boat displays.

Great Yarmouth Arts Festival Carnival hits the streets on Saturday 21 September at 11am. The Carnival should have taken place in June at the start of the Arts Festival but, unfortunately, on the advice of the police, had to be postponed because of very strong winds and rain.

Great Yarmouth Festival of Bowls, the biggest outdoor open bowling event in the country, is getting underway at Great Yarmouth seafront, with some 1,100 bowlers competing over four weeks.

School children put their debating skills to the test at a special competition held recently.

Are you an adult with a health concern, or long-term health condition? If the answer is yes, then Active Norfolk would like to hear from you.

The Grand Reopening of Great Yarmouth's historic Venetian Waterways is taking place today following a year of major restoration works, with the Boating Lake and Island Café back in use for the first time in about a decade.

GREAT Yarmouth Borough Council is inviting people to help shape a key planning document which will guide and enable sustainable growth, development, jobs and investment until 2030 and beyond.

A cross-Channel project to help revitalise historic markets has reached its halfway point, with a range of market events and promotional activity already completed as part of supporting town centres and visitor economies in England and France.

Arts and culture in Great Yarmouth will be in the hands of local people for the next four years with the announcement today (Wednesday August 14th, 2019) of a new project supported by Arts Council England with £1.1 million of National Lottery funding.

Inspired by Gorleston seafront's starring role in Danny Boyle's new Beatles-themed movie, talented local singers and musicians are being offered the special opportunity to perform at Gorleston Bandstand this summer.

Grand Reopening Gala for the Waterways and Boating Lake is on Tuesday 20 August

The Hippodrome Great Yarmouth Summer All New Circus and Water Spectacular is now well underway and already breaking attendance records even in the current heat wave. The first Sunday saw a special performance for the New High Sheriff of Norfolk, Lady Clare Agnew and V.I.P guests including the High Sheriff and Majors from all over East Anglia. High spot of the evening was when a lookalike High Sheriff fell into the pool, with an amazing gasp from the invited audience! And relief when they realised it was a lookalike!

To mark Norfolk Day on Saturday 27 July, all councils in Norfolk are coming together to complete a relay cycle ride on Friday 26 July

GREAT Yarmouth seafront is already getting the show on the road for the 2020 Great Yarmouth Wheels Festival, with organisers setting July 4 and 5 as the event dates - and launching exciting sponsorship opportunities.

GREAT Yarmouth Borough Council is set to refurbish all its seasonal public toilet blocks over the next year as the next stage of a major refresh of public conveniences that is already benefitting residents and visitors.

The famous knitted model of Great Yarmouth seafront is now on public display at its "spiritual home" - the Tourist Information Centre along the Golden Mile.