Welcome to the 2024 Great Yarmouth Arts Festival.  We have something for everyone of all ages and interests.

Musically, The highlight of the concert by the East Coast Sinfonietta will be Beethoven’s Violin Concerto,  Ashley Grote, Master of Music at Norwich Cathedral, will give an organ recital, there will be a blues-based performance by Hot Cold Ground, a performance by Sonrisa – an Acapella Group – and a Flute and Piano Recital.

With Visual Arts, Art in the Minster will start on Tuesday, 10 September with paintings, photographs and literary works by local societies.  There will be exhibits in Primeyarc and students hope to put on an exhibition of their work in an empty shop. Every Saturday in August there will be Art on the Railings in Gorleston near the Bandstand.

At St. George’s there will be a talk about Charles Dickens,  Tribute bands for the Eagles and Wrong Jovy, Captain Calamity’s Science Show among others.

Our Carnival starts on the Seafront at 12 noon on Saturday 21 September and will pass up Regent Road, around the Market Place, along King Street, ending in St. George’s Park

Back for it’s second year, is the GYAF Herring Trail, in partnership with East Norfolk Sixth Form College and East Coast College, 30 Herrings will be displayed in shops and businesses with prizes for those who find the most

Do come, join in and bring your friends.

With best wishes,
Mr. Hugh Sturzaker MBE
Festival Chairman