Festival Gardens

For two weeks in May, we transform Chapelfield into our Festival Gardens; a buzzing pop-up community of food stalls, bars, hangout areas, our box office and two unique venues – the iconic Adnams Spiegeltent and the brand-new Adnams Main Stage. Whether you’re coming down for the free Garden Party weekend of interactive family fun; spicing up your mid-week with drinks and a show, or just fancy soaking up some summer evening sun and party atmosphere, Festival Gardens is a free-to-enter haven of arts and entertainment slapbang in the centre of Norwich. For full opening times, accessibility details and guide to what’s on, head over to nnfestival.org.uk

Adnams Spiegeltent and Adnams Main Stage are generously sponsored by

Free Outdoor Programme partner

Food and Drink Delicious regulars and some new foodie friends will be holding the fort throughout the Festival, offering tasty al fresco opportunities. We’ll have Norfolk’s finest food trucks rolling up to feed the hungry hordes during our Garden Party weekend, transforming the park into a foodlover’s paradise.

Daytime at Festival Gardens Festival Gardens doesn’t just come alive at night. The lounge bar will be open some days for coffee and cakes, which alongside our comfy seating areas make for the perfect city-centre spot to spend a sunny few hours.

A Greener Festival Alongside our free water refill station (remember to bring your bottles!), we’ve asked our food and drink partners to stop selling plastic water bottles, and have gone meat and fish free across our menus. Helping you do your part for our environment one delicious pizza at a time.

Pack Your Performances You can now pack in more performance in the Festival Gardens each night. Our staggered programme across the Adnams Spiegeltent and Adnams Main Stage means you can fit three (sometimes four) shows a night in. See right for timings.

Top left: Adnams Spiegeltent © Chris Taylor Left: Garden Party © Dibs McCallum Above: Festival Gardens © Dibs McCallum

Plan your night

5.30pm Adnams

(Fri 15, 22 & Sat 16 may

Ma in Stage

Adnams 7pm Spiegeltent

Adnams 8.30pm Ma in Stage

Adnams 10pm Spiegeltent

Our programme is designed so that you’ll never miss out – you can make a marathon night of it! Check out the Ga rden Pa rty (p24) and City of Lite ratu re Weekend (p43) to pack your weekends!

Meet me at the Fest ival

Thursday 14 – Friday 22 May Festival Gardens Join us again for a programme of day time community events, from Bounce and Rhyme to crafternoons, there’s festival fun for young and old. We will be promoting all these activities as part of Age of Creativity Festival, Get Creative Festival and Creativity and Wellbeing Week. More information online nnfestival.org.uk